What state (excluding Alaska) or states has the most remote wilderness(untapped territory). The kind of wilderness you can go miles upon miles without seeing any modern civilization.

 And who has ever wanted to hunt it.

The U.P. here in michigan has some remote areas.

Well, I cant speak for the US, but I hunted northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories and its like the rest of the world doesnt exist.
Some areas of Northern Maine are pretty remote, but logging is forever creeping in.

The Absaroka/Beartooth in southern Montana is very high, very rugged and much of it very remote.

Idaho...Frank Church River of No Return

I don't know,but lets go   :D

I went to the Bob Marshall (Montana) last September, a midwestern boys dream.

I think the Frank Church Wilderness in Idaho is the largest in the lower 48.  You can go for weeks in either the Bob  Marshall, Lee Metcalf, or Absaroka without seeing civilization.  I haven't hunted the Frank Church in over twenty years but did annually before moving to Montana; don't think it has changed much.  Haven't hunted the Bob yet but hunt the both the Lee Metcalf and Absaroka/Beartooth most years.  

My grandmother was born and raised in the middle of the Frank Church, before it was a wilderness.  My grandfather and her had a homestead there before it mysteriously burned shortly after they made it into a  wilderness.  

Sorry for the rant.  One item on my bucket list is to take  a pack string of mules back into the old homestead,  find grandpas mine,  find my uncles mine (just to see where they are), and then spend the fall hunting and fishing using the homestead as a base camp.

I seem to recall hearing that the Eagle's Cap Wilderness is a pretty honking big piece of real estate down there too.

Up here we are blessed with huge areas like the Sacred Headwaters and the Muskwa Kechika, just for starters.

Here you go.


Where is the largest area of contiguous wilderness?
In this context, contiguous means wilderness land that is unbroken by any exempted corridors. In Alaska, the Noatak and Gates of the Arctic Wildernesses (12,743,329 acres) make up the largest area of unbroken wilderness. In the lower 48 states, the largest area of unbroken wilderness is found in Idaho's Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness (approximately 2,300,000 acres)

Wow!!!

Walt that sounds like a trip of a lifetime!!

If alaska is out, then eagle cap wilderness in eastern oregon would be a good one. Also close to john day wilderness and some easy to disapear in areas out of granite oregon.

Hey there, first post here. Hi from Ohio!

I haven't done anything archery related in a long time...looking to get back into it. My primary hobby is shooting firearms, but I can't do that so easily in the city and it's getting expensive for ammunition (ESPECIALLY NOW!). Planning on picking up a nice longbow from the classifieds or from one of the makers I've see on here.

Anyways, so as as remote areas, I've explored a bit of Northwestern Montana and also Maine. NW Montana is by far the most remote place I've been, but Maine is pretty close. Walked out on a rocky beach one time and my girlfriend and I didn't realize how far we'd gone. The woods in Maine are really beautiful too, especially near the beaches.

Montana was everything I'd ever dreamed of for camping or for anything outdoors really.

Everything there is crazy gorgeous. Here's a picture I took backpacking out there last summer. For an example of how expansive it is out there - I live in Ohio, and my city has over twice the amount of people living in it as the whole state of MT has! This picture was taken after hiking 8 miles into the wilderness (going mostly up).

(I think I sized it correctly)

I'm in lets go,  Just got my new hiking backpack today I'll start loading it up.

QuoteOriginally posted by Walt Francis:
I think the Frank Church Wilderness in Idaho is the largest in the lower 48.  You can go for weeks in either the Bob  Marshall, Lee Metcalf, or Absaroka without seeing civilization.  I haven't hunted the Frank Church in over twenty years but did annually before moving to Montana; don't think it has changed much.  Haven't hunted the Bob yet but hunt the both the Lee Metcalf and Absaroka/Beartooth most years.  

My grandmother was born and raised in the middle of the Frank Church, before it was a wilderness.  My grandfather and her had a homestead there before it mysteriously burned shortly after they made it into a  wilderness.  

Sorry for the rant.  One item on my bucket list is to take  a pack string of mules back into the old homestead,  find grandpas mine,  find my uncles mine (just to see where they are), and then spend the fall hunting and fishing using the homestead as a base camp.

I'm young and healthy. When do we leave?

Eagle caps gets a lot of hunting preasure and you run into or see a lot of people while hunting that area... I have done it a few times but got tired of all the people so now hunt other areas here in OR.

I would love to check out the Bob marshal wilderness!

That sounds amazing, Walt.

+1 for Maine. Never been on the ground other than Bangor but everytime I flew over was a reawakening of what I love about America. Truly beautiful country seemingly untouched.

arnhemland in the northern territory here in australia. it's a very wild place.

also the southern alps in new zealand.

i just love the word wilderness!