Bear Wallow Wilderness

Bear Wallow Wilderness is an 11,235-acre federally designated Wilderness Area in Arizona, managed by the Forest Service. It offers primitive backcountry hiking and backpacking in a non-motorized setting where solitude and self-reliance are defining features.

This is true wilderness: no roads, no motors, no mechanized travel of any kind. Visitors must travel on foot or horseback, carrying everything they need. The landscape is rugged and remote, suited to those seeking genuine backcountry experience away from developed infrastructure.

Access is by foot from trailheads outside the wilderness boundary. Leave No Trace principles are essential—pack out everything you pack in, camp only in designated areas or dispersed sites following wilderness rules, and respect the land's primitive character. The Forest Service enforces wilderness regulations to protect the area's integrity. Come prepared for self-sufficiency, isolation, and the physical demands of off-trail or lightly-maintained trail navigation.