State Wilderness Areas
- Boney Mountain State Wilderness Area
- Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness
- Orestimba State Wilderness, officially called
the Henry W. Coe State Wilderness - Santa Rosa Mountains State Wilderness
- Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
- West Waddell Creek State Wilderness Area, a 5,900 acres (24 km2)
section of Big Basin State Park
Additionally, 386,000 acres (1,560 km2) of Anza-Borrego State Park have been designated as wilderness.
Read more about this topic: California Protected Areas
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