Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness

[1][2] At 1.3 million acres (5,300 km²), it is one of the largest designated wilderness areas in the United States (14th overall, but third-largest outside Alaska).The Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area is immediately to its south, separated from it only by a dirt road (the Magruder Corridor).Together with adjoining public land, the two wilderness areas form a five million-acre (20,000 km²) wild region.One of the largest elk herds in the United States calls the wilderness home, and it also boasts a healthy population of bighorn sheep.The high-elevation areas around the Bitterroot peaks are rugged alpine parkland.

IUCN categorywilderness areaIdaho County, IdahoRavalli County, MontanaMissoula County, MontanaUnited StatesDarby, MontanaU.S. Forest ServiceMontananorthwestern United Stateslargest designated wilderness areas in the United StatesAlaskaBitterroot Mountain RangeBitterroot National ForestClearwater National ForestLolo National ForestNez Perce National ForestFrank Church-River of No Return Wilderness AreaLochsaSelwayLowell, IdahoU.S. Route 12Clearwater RiverTrapper Peakbighorn sheepgrey wolfconiferousList of U.S. Wilderness AreasNorth American inland temperate rainforestProtected areasFederalNational parksGlacierYellowstoneNational monumentsLittle Bighorn BattlefieldPompeys PillarUpper Missouri River BreaksNational battlefieldBig HoleNational historical parksand historic sitesGrant–Kohrs Ranch NHSNez Perce NHPNational historic and scenic trailsLewis and Clark NHTNez Perce NHTContinental Divide NSTPacific Northwest NSTNational recreation areaBighorn CanyonNational Wildlife RefugesBenton LakeBlack CouleeBowdoinCharles M. RussellCreedman CouleeGrass LakeHailstoneHewitt LakeLake MasonLake ThibadeauLamesteerLee MetcalfLost TrailMedicine LakeNinepipeRed Rock LakesSwan RiverUL BendWar HorseNational ForestsBeaverhead–DeerlodgeBitterrootCusterFlatheadGallatinHelenaKootenaiLewis and ClarkNational WildernessAbsaroka–BeartoothAnaconda–PintlerBear Trap CanyonBob MarshallCabinet MountainsGates of the MountainsGreat BearMission MountainsRattlesnakeScapegoatWelcome CreekNational wild and scenic riversEast Rosebud CreekMissouriState parksAckley LakeAnaconda Smoke StackBannackBeaverhead RockBeavertail HillBig ArmBlack SandyBrush LakeChief Plenty CoupsClark's LookoutCooneyCouncil GroveElkhornFinleyFish CreekFirst Peoples Buffalo JumpFort OwenFrenchtown PondGiant SpringsGranite Ghost TownGreycliff Prairie Dog TownHell CreekLake ElmoLake Mary RonanLes MasonLewis and Clark CavernsLone PineLost CreekMadison Buffalo JumpMakoshikaMedicine RocksMilltownMissouri HeadwatersPainted RocksParker HomesteadPictograph CavePirogue IslandPlacid LakeRosebud BattlefieldSalmon LakeSluice BoxesSmith RiverSomers BeachSpring Meadow LakeThompson FallsTongue River ReservoirTower RockTravelers' RestWayfarersWest ShoreWhitefish LakeWild Horse IslandYellow BayState forestsClearwaterCoal CreekLincolnLubrecht ExperimentalStillwaterThompson RiverWildlifeManagementAreasAmelia IslandAmerican PrairieCSKT Bison RangeNational Historic Sites & Historical ParksMinidoka NHSCraters of the MoonHagerman Fossil BedsCaribou-TargheeCoeur d'AleneIdaho PanhandleKaniksuNez PercePayetteSalmon-ChallisSawtoothSt. JoeWallowa–WhitmanWasatch-CacheNational GrasslandsCurlewNational Recreation AreasHells CanyonBear LakeDeer FlatGrays LakeMinidokaOxford Slough Waterfowl Production AreaNational Conservation AreasMorley Nelson Snake River Birds of PreyWilderness AreasBig Jacks CreekBruneau–Jarbidge RiversFrank Church–River of No ReturnGospel HumpHemingway–BouldersJim McClure–Jerry PeakLittle Jacks CreekNorth Fork OwyheeOwyhee RiverPole CreekCecil D. Andrus–White CloudsBattle CreekBruneau