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Wild Sky Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Map showing the location of Wild Sky Wilderness
Map showing the location of Wild Sky Wilderness
LocationSnohomish / King counties, Washington USA
Nearest citySkykomish, Washington
Coordinates47°50′46″N 121°24′26″W / 47.84623°N 121.40722°W / 47.84623; -121.40722
Area106,577 acres (431.3 km2)
Established2008
Governing bodyU.S. Forest Service
Peaks of the Wild Sky Wilderness

The Wild Sky Wilderness is a 106,577-acre (431 km2) wilderness area in the western Cascade Range of Washington state. The wilderness is within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest north of the U.S. Highway 2 towns of Index and Skykomish. The wilderness flanks, but does not include, the North Fork Skykomish River and the Beckler River. The Henry M. Jackson Wilderness is adjacent to the east and northeast. The highest point in Wild Sky Wilderness is 6,244 foot Gunn Peak.

Until 2014 with the expansion of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness by President Obama, the Wild Sky Wilderness was significant because it was the first new federally designated wilderness in Washington since 1984. Also, unlike many other wilderness areas in the Cascades, Wild Sky protects significant amounts of high productivity low-elevation forest.

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