Forest Preserve Unit Descriptions
Attention hikers and outdoor enthusiasts: DEC's Places to Go page provides a more complete listing of forest preserve lands, state forests, wildlife management areas, and other state recreational lands, and includes links to informational pages including maps and directions, points of interest, and other helpful information. We recommend that you use the Places to Go page instead of this page if you are looking to visit a forest preserve unit.
View DEC's statement on power driven mobility devices.
The following is a list of some, but not all, forest preserve units.
Region 3 Forest Preserve Unit Descriptions
- Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest
- Big Indian Wilderness
- Bluestone Wild Forest
- Crystal Lake Wild Forest
- Overlook Mountain Wild Forest
- Phoenicia - Mt. Tobias Wild Forest
- Shandaken Wild Forest
- Slide Mountain Wilderness
- Sundown Wild Forest
- Willowemoc Wild Forest
Region 4 Forest Preserve Unit Descriptions
- Colgate Lake Wild Forest
- Delaware Wild Forest
- Dry Brook Ridge Wild Forest
- Elm Ridge Wild Forest
- Halcott Mountain Wild Forest
- Hunter-West Kill Wilderness
- Indian Head Wilderness
- Kaaterskill Wild Forest
- Rusk Mountain Wild Forest
- Windham-Blackhead Range Wilderness
Region 5 Forest Preserve Unit Descriptions
- Blue Mountain Wild Forest
- Blue Ridge Wilderness
- Boreas Ponds Tract
- Camp Santanoni Historic Area
- Camp Santanoni Winter Weekends
- Debar Mountain Wild Forest
- Dix Mountain Wilderness
- Essex Chain Lakes Complex
- Giant Mountain Wilderness
- Hammond Pond Wild Forest
- High Peaks Wilderness
- Hoffman Notch Wilderness
- Hudson Gorge Wilderness
- Hudson River Special Management Area
- Hurricane Mountain Wilderness
- Jay Mountain Wilderness
- Lake Champlain Islands Complex
- Lake George Wild Forest
- McKenzie Mountain Wilderness
- Moose River Plains Complex
- Pharaoh Lake Wilderness
- Sentinel Range Wilderness
- Shaker Mountain Wild Forest
- Siamese Ponds Wilderness
- Silver Lake Wilderness
- Split Rock Mountain Wild Forest
- St. Regis Canoe Area
- Taylor Pond Complex
- Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest
- West Canada Lake Wilderness
- William C. Whitney Wilderness & Round Lake Wilderness
- Wilmington Wild Forest
Region 6 Forest Preserve Unit Descriptions
- Aldrich Pond Wild Forest
- Black River Wild Forest
- Cranberry Lake Wild Forest
- Five Ponds and Pepperbox Wildernesses
- Fulton Chain Wild Forest
- Grass River Wild Forest
- Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest
- Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness
- Independence River Wild Forest
- Pigeon Lake Wilderness
- Raquette Boreal Complex
- Watson's East Triangle Wild Forest
