Wilderness (disambiguation)

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Wilderness is a natural environment on Earth that has not been modified by human activity.

a system:

• National Wilderness Preservation System of the United States (Created by the Wilderness Act of 1964)
• IUCN Protected Area Management Categories

a place:

• Wilderness, Western Cape, a small town in South Africa
• The Wilderness (Catonsville, Maryland), a home on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
• The Wilderness (Trappe, Maryland), a 1785 home on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
• Battle of the Wilderness, a battle in Virginia during the American Civil War
• Wilderness Territory, a resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI
• Wilderness School, a parochial school in Adelaide, South Australia

Music

• Wilderness (band), a U.S. indie rock band
• "Wilderness", a song by Nick Jonas from 2014's Nick Jonas
• "Wilderness", a song by Sleater-Kinney from their album The Woods
• "Wilderness", a song by Joy Division from their album Unknown Pleasures
• "Wilderness", a song by Bat for Lashes from her album Two Suns
• Wilderness (Brett Anderson album), 2008
• Wilderness (Sophie B. Hawkins album), 2004
• Wilderness (C. W. McCall album), 1976
• Wilderness (The Features album), 2011
• Wilderness (Wilderness album), 2005
• Wilderness (The Handsome Family album), 2013

Fiction

• Wilderness (film), a 2006 horror movie filmed in Northern Ireland
• Wilderness (miniseries), a 1996 British mini-series directed by Ben Bolt
• Wilderness (manga), a manga by Akihiro Ito
• The Wilderness, a very dangerous region from the MMORPG RuneScape
• "The Wilderness" (short story), a 1952 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury
• Wilderness, a 2007 children's book by Roddy Doyle
• Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison (1943–1971), 1998 poetry book by Jim Morrison
• Wilderness (Parker novel), a 1979 novel by Robert B. Parker
• Wilderness (Zelazny-Hausman novel), a 1994 novel by Roger Zelazny and Gerald Hausman
• Wilderness (book series), the generational saga of a mountain man and his Shoshone wife by David Robbins
• Wilderness: A Survival Adventure is a computer game released in 1986, developed by Titan Computer Products and published by Electric Transit

Other

• Wilderness therapy is a form of intense behavioral modification therapy

See also

• The Wilderness (disambiguation)
• Wilderland (a fictional location)