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Southwest

Even California's most heavily urbanized region contains some wilderness-caliber lands. In total, the region contains about 550,000 acres of potential wilderness. The San Gabriel Mountains, just north of Los Angeles, contains over 120,000 acres of unprotected wilderness. There are also de facto wilderness areas in the Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County, as well as along the desert edge in eastern San Diego County. These unprotected wild places offer solitude and backcountry recreational opportunities for millions of Californians. Some of these southwestern areas contain yucca and Joshua trees, historical and Native American sites, even wild, free-flowing rivers, a uncommon sight in Southern California.

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Beauty Mountain Potential Wilderness
Bighorn Mountain Potential Wilderness Additions
Cahuilla Mountain Potential Wilderness
Carrizo Gorge Potential Wilderness Additions
Castaic Potential Wilderness
Condor Peak Potential Wilderness
Cucamonga Potential Wilderness Additions
Eagle Peak Potential Wilderness
Hauser Mountain Potential Wilderness Additions
Magic Mountain Potential Wilderness
Pleasant View Potential Wilderness
San Gorgonio Potential Wilderness Additions
Santa Clarita Canyons Potential Wilderness [formerly known as Rim of the Valley]
Sawtooth Mountain Potential Wilderness Additions
Sheep Mountain Potential Wilderness Additions
Silver Mountain Potential Wilderness
South Fork San Jacinto Potential Wilderness
Sugarloaf Potential Wilderness
West Fork Potential Wilderness


Also in this region:
Agua Tibia Potential Wilderness Additions
Barker Valley Potential Wilderness
Caliente Potential Wilderness
City Creek Potential Wilderness
Coldwater Potential Wilderness
Crystal Creek Potential Wilderness
Cutca Valley Potential Wilderness
Deep Creek Potential Wilderness
Ladd Potential Wilderness
Mill Peak Potential Wilderness
Pacifico Potential Wilderness
Rouse Potential Wilderness
San Felipe Hills Potential Wilderness
San Jacinto Potential Wilderness Additions
San Mateo Wilderness: Morrell Potential Addition
San Ysidro Mountain Potential Wilderness
Strawberry Peak Potential Wilderness
Table Mountain Potential Wilderness
Trabuco Potential Wilderness