View source for Big Frog Wilderness

{{Short description|Protected area in southeast Tennessee}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Big Frog Wilderness
| iucn_category = Ib
| iucn_ref = <ref>[https://www.protectedplanet.net/365905 Protected Planet Website]- Retrieved March 27, 2023</ref>
| photo = Big Frog Mtn.jpg
| photo_caption = 
| map = USA
| map_alt = 
| map_caption = Location in United States
| map_width = 
| location = [[Polk County, Tennessee]] / [[Fannin County, Georgia]], [[United States|USA]]
| nearest_city = [[McCaysville, Georgia]]
| coordinates = {{coord|34|59|37|N|84|32|30|W|display=inline, title}}
| area = {{convert|8082|acre|km2|0}}
| established = 1984
| visitation_num = 
| visitation_year = 
| governing_body = [[United States Forest Service|U.S. Forest Service]]
}}

The '''Big Frog Wilderness''' was designated in 1984 and currently consists of {{convert|8082|acre|km2}}. Approximately {{convert|89|acre|m2}} are located in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] in the [[Chattahoochee National Forest]] and approximately {{convert|7993|acre|km2|0}} are located in [[Tennessee]] in the [[Cherokee National Forest]]. The Wilderness is managed by the [[United States Forest Service]] in Tennessee and is part of the [[National Wilderness Preservation System]].

The highest [[elevation]] in the Big Frog Wilderness is the {{convert|4224|ft|m|0|adj=on}} peak of [[Big Frog Mountain]] in Tennessee.  Although not a high mountain, Big Frog seems to dominate the Wilderness because it stands alone.  The Wilderness borders the [[Cohutta Wilderness]], which is located in Georgia.  The Georgia portion of the Big Frog Wilderness is the smallest wilderness area in Georgia.

==See also==
*[[List of U.S. Wilderness Areas]]
*[[Wilderness Act]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=38 Wilderness.net entry for the Big Frog Wilderness]
*[http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/mountains/blue_ridge/western/big_frog_wilderness.html Sherpa Guides entry for the Big Frog Wilderness]
*[http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/mountains/blue_ridge/western/map_big_frog_wilderness.html Map of the Tennessee portion of the Big Frog Wilderness]

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{{Protected areas of Tennessee}}
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[[Category:Protected areas of Fannin County, Georgia]]
[[Category:IUCN Category Ib]]
[[Category:Protected areas of the Appalachians]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Polk County, Tennessee]]
[[Category:Wilderness areas of Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Wilderness areas of Tennessee]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1984]]
[[Category:Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest]]
[[Category:Cherokee National Forest]]


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