Solitude in America
The BACKPACKER map team along with the help of regional experts and cartographers plotted roads, cities, and airports--and the wilderness areas farthest away from them--to find the most remote locations in the Lower 48.
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Waypoints
WPT001
Location: 44.1351089, -110.0834732
Most Remote Spot in the Moutain West: Wilderness Thorofare Region: According to our research, this is the most remote spot in the Lower 48. Biologists say it’s the best place to see North America’s most elusive predator, the wolverine.
WPT002
Location: 36.3569832, -118.4697418
Most Remote Spot in California: Unnamed lake near Coyote Pass in Sequoia National Park
WPT003
Location: 48.3390541, -92.1813202
Most Remote Spot in the Midwest: Campsite Near Takucmich Lake in the Boundary Waters.
WPT004
Location: 48.9766617, -121.4793396
Most Remote Spot in the Northwest: Unnamed lake in North Cascades National Park
WPT005
Location: 46.3033257, -69.5463638
Most Remote Spot in Northeast: Allagash Lake, Maine
WPT006
Location: 35.4123039, -84.0274048
Most Remote Spot in the Southeast: Big Fodderstack, TN
WPT007
Location: 24.6382122, -82.920784
Farthest Park from a Road: Dry Tortugas National Park
WPT008
Location: 38.0736656, -119.6504898
Most Remote Ranger Station in Yosemite National Park: Wilma Lake
WPT009
Location: 37.6048622, -110.0087662
Darkest Skies in the West: Natural Bridges National Park, according to the International Dark-Sky Association
WPT010
Location: 48.2624054, -88.2619324
Most Remote Spot in Least-Visited Park in the Lower 48: Gull Islands, 10 miles off the main island at Isle Royale National Park
WPT011
Location: 48.5511742, -113.5707932
Quiest Spot in the West: Upper Nyack Campsite in Glacier National Park, according to Les Blomberg of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
WPT012
Location: 38.6677017, -100.9174042
Most Remote Park in Kansas: Lake Scott State Park
WPT013
Location: 44.1878395, -71.5692902
Most Remote AMC Hut: Galehead Hut, White Mountains
WPT014
Location: 46.3904533, -103.315918
Most Remote High Point in Lower 48: North Dakota’s 3,506-foot White Butte.
WPT015
Location: 37.2684631, -110.6949844
Most Remote Canyon in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: Alcove Canyon
WPT016
Location: 40.2196846, -124.3105316
Most Remote Beach: The Lost Coast’s Cooskie Creek Beach
WPT017
Location: 45.5616226, -69.2349548
Most Remote AT Shelter: Logan Brook Lean-To in Maine
WPT018
Location: 28.9833488, -103.1829987
Most Remote Designated Campsite on US/Mexico Border: Talley Campsite, Big Bend National Park
WPT019
Location: 37.9868431, -106.931221
Most Remote CO Fourteener: San Luis Peak in La Garita Wilderness
WPT020
Location: 48.9259796, -120.7669983
Most Remote Spot on Pacific Crest Trail: Hopkins Lake in Pasayten Wilderness