List of Wilderness Areas in the Adirondack Park

View of Dix Mountain Wilderness Area from the summit of Giant Mountain.

View from Long Pond Mountain of the St. Regis Canoe Area (High Peaks in the background)

This is a list of designated wilderness areas within the Adirondack Park in the Adirondack Mountains, and part of the NY Forest Preserve. Wilderness area account for 46% of the area of the park which is not private property. They are managed like federal wilderness areas. These areas are far more affected by nature than humanity, to the extent that the latter is practically unnoticeable, for example virgin forest. No powered vehicles are allowed in wilderness areas.

• Blue Ridge Wilderness Area - 45,736 acres (185.09 km²)
• Dix Mountain Wilderness Area - 45,208 acres (182.95 km²)
• Five Ponds Wilderness Area - 117,978 acres (447.44 km²)
• Giant Mountain Wilderness Area - 22,768 acres (92.14 km²)
• Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness Area - 26,528 acres (107.36 km²)
• High Peaks Wilderness Area - 192,685 acres (779.77 km²)
• Hoffman Notch Wilderness Area - 36,231 acres (146.62 km²)
• Jay Mountain Wilderness Area - 7,100 acres (28.7 km²)
• McKenzie Mountain Wilderness Area - 37,616 acres (152.23 km²)
• Pepperbox Wilderness Area - 22,560 acres (91.30 km²)
• Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area - 45,883 acres (185.68 km²)
• Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area - 50,100 acres (202.8 km²)
• Round Lake Wilderness Area - 11,000 acres (44.5 km²)
• Sentinel Range Wilderness Area - 23,252 acres (94.10 km²)
• Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area - 112,524 acres (455.37 km²)
• Silver Lake Wilderness Area - 105,270 acres (426.01 km²)
• West Canada Lake Wilderness Area - 156,695 acres (634.12 km²)
• William C. Whitney Wilderness Area - 20,500 acres (83.0 km²)

The 19,000-acre (77 km²) Saint Regis Canoe Area, presently the only Canoe Area in the park, operates under essentially the same conditions as the Wilderness Areas.