Last Great Places database allows for filters and factor weightings to identify varied subsets of great places. Following are initial sets of “top 10” places in several categories.
Last of the Least – top places for imperiled species
Best of the Rest – top places for diverse, intact and healthy ecosystems
Nature’s Stage – top places for enduring landscape diversity
Last of the Wild – top places for low human footprint
National Parks – gems of the Last Great Places
Top Wilderness Areas & Wildlife Refuges
Click on a Place name link in the list below for detailed information on Wilderness Areas and National Wildlife Refuges ranked in the top 50 Last Great Places.
| Wilderness Areas (not all top 50 yet listed) | |
| John Muir Wilderness | Sierra Nevada |
| Gila Wilderness | AZ-NM Mountains |
| Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness | Utah-Wyoming Mtns |
| Mazatzal Wilderness | Apache Highlands |
| Weminuche Wilderness | Southern Rockies |
| Bob Marshall Wilderness | Canadian Rockies |
| Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness | Middle Rockies-Blue Mtns |
| Ventana Wilderness | CA Central Coast |
| Four Peaks Wilderness | Sonoran Desert |
| Pasayten Wilderness | Okanagan |
| Bridger Wilderness | Utah-Wyoming Mtns |
| Three Sisters Wilderness | West Cascades |
| Trinity Alps Wilderness | Klamath Mtns |
| Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness | Superior Mixed Forest |
| National Wildlife Refuges | |
| Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | So. Atlantic Coast |
| Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | Northern Great Plains Steppe |
| Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge | Columbia Plateau |