California Protected Areas - State Wilderness Areas

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.

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