The Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest is a 91,854-acre (143.5 sq mi; 371.7 km2) tract made up of almost two dozen non-contiguous parcels that are designated as Wild Forest by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the central Adirondack Park.

[1] The area contains 44 ponds and small lakes, as well as portions of the Hudson and Boreas Rivers.

The area is accessible via New York State Route 28 and supports hiking, birding, snowmobiling, Nordic skiing, hunting, camping, canoeing, and fishing.

There are also trails to Stony Pond, Lester Flow, and the Boreas River.

Snowmobile trails are planned between Minerva and Newcomb, and between Pottersville and Schroon Lake.