{"entry":{"slug":"us-wilderness-areas","kind":"dataset","title":"US designated wilderness areas","description":"Protected area boundaries selected from PAD-US 4.1 for designated wilderness areas.","topic":"Protected areas","region":"United States","updated":"2026-09-15","preview":"/library/us-wilderness-areas.0bb163ae0943.webp","assetId":"us-wilderness-areas","sourcePage":"https://www.usgs.gov/programs/gap-analysis-project/science/pad-us-data-download","notes":["This view selects records with the Wilderness designation; wilderness study areas are excluded.","Parts with the same name, state, and manager are merged to remove duplicate overlap within each site.","Use the state and manager fields to compare the selected protected areas.","PAD-US boundaries do not confirm public entry rights. Source completeness and dates vary by contributor.","The PAD-US 4.1 service copy was retrieved on 15 September 2026. Boundaries are simplified for display."],"related":["us-state-parks"],"preset":{"color":"#2563eb","fillOpacity":0.28,"basemap":"carto","bounds":[-179.15007,18.24977,179.77483,69.85822]}},"asset":{"id":"us-wilderness-areas","version":"b250447110d5","url":"/library/us-wilderness-areas.b250447110d5.geojson","sha256":"b250447110d5f31f6288ff773b80edb130e31eabb73a72f2f82ae7b70c6ec16e","bytes":7543739,"featureCount":908,"geometryTypes":["MultiPolygon","Polygon"],"source":{"name":"USGS PAD-US 4.1, PCTA service copy","url":"https://www.usgs.gov/programs/gap-analysis-project/science/pad-us-data-download","license":"Public domain","licenseUrl":"https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits","attribution":"USGS PAD-US 4.1, PCTA service copy"},"fields":[{"name":"name","description":"Protected area name."},{"name":"state","description":"Source state abbreviation."},{"name":"manager","description":"PAD-US manager code."},{"name":"source_id","description":"Contributor identifiers for the merged source records."},{"name":"source_date","description":"Source dates for the merged contributor geometry."},{"name":"source_url","description":"PAD-US source information."}]}}