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.
Southern Catskills (DEC Region 3)
- 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
Northern Catskills (DEC Region 4)
- 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
Eastern Adirondacks (DEC Region 5)
- Adirondack Rail Trail
- Blue Mountain Wild Forest
- Blue Ridge Wilderness
- Camp Santanoni Historic Area
- Camp Santanoni Winter Weekends
- Chazy Highlands Wild Forest
- Debar Mountain Wild Forest
- Essex Chain Lakes Complex
- Ferris Lake Wild Forest
- Giant Mountain Wilderness
- Hammond Pond Wild Forest
- High Peaks Wilderness Complex
- Boreas Ponds Tract
- Dix Mountain Tract
- Hoffman Notch Wilderness
- Hudson Gorge Wilderness
- Hurricane Mountain Wilderness
- Jay Mountain Wilderness
- Jessup River Wild Forest
- Lake Champlain Islands Complex
- Lake George Wild Forest
- McKenzie Mountain Wilderness
- Moose River Plains Complex
- Pharaoh Lake Wilderness
- Saranac Lakes Wild Forest
- Sargent Ponds Wild Forest
- Sentinel Range Wilderness
- Shaker Mountain Wild Forest
- Siamese Ponds Wilderness
- Silver Lake Wilderness
- Split Rock Mountain Wild Forest
- Saint Regis Canoe Area
- Taylor Pond Wild Forest
- Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest
- West Canada Lake Wilderness
- Wilcox Lake Wild Forest
- William C. Whitney Wilderness & Round Lake Wilderness
- Wilmington Wild Forest
Western Adirondacks (DEC Region 6)
- Aldrich Pond Wild Forest
- Black River Wild Forest
- Cranberry Lake Complex
- Five Ponds and Pepperbox Wildernesses
- Fulton Chain Wild Forest
- Grass River Complex
- Bog River Complex
- Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness
- Independence River Wild Forest
- Pigeon Lake Wilderness
- Raquette Boreal Complex
- Watson's East Triangle Complex
