The Southern Nantahala Wilderness is a federally protected wilderness area in the southern Appalachian Mountains along the Georgia–North Carolina line. Designated in 1984, it encompasses 23,473 acres divided between Georgia’s Chattahoochee National Forest and North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest. Managed by the United States Forest Service within the National Wilderness Preservation System, it ranges from about 2,400 feet to 5,499-foot Standing Indian Mountain. The Appalachian Trail passes through the wilderness in both states and is one of its defining features. In Georgia, the land is split by the Tallulah River corridor, and the area was temporarily closed during the 2016 Rock Mountain fire.