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The Sylvania Wilderness is made up of 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of old-growth forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. As part of the National Wilderness Preservation System, Sylvania represents a unique part of America’s natural heritage: only 4% of all land in the United States is officially designated “wilderness,” of which just 5% is located east of the Rockies, and half of that is in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota. Sylvania is a unique remnant of the once vast stretches of forest, and canoeing allows you to explore it the way people did hundreds of years ago. Adjoining the Sylvania Wilderness is Sylvania Recreation Area, which includes a campground, beach, and picnic areas, to accommodate the recreational as well as the backcountry visitor. Watersmeet, Michigan is the closest town, but just over the border in Wisconsin, Land O' Lakes is also in close proximity to the park.
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Related Links:
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> United States Forest
 Service Profile
> Wilderness.net Overview
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