wilderness
Posted by: sapien
on May-31-12 5:05 PM (EST)
at least according to Wikipedia, is defined by the extent of human impact and development, not how long it takes to get there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilderness
by that standard (and also allowing that places are sometimes returned to being free of development), there are a surprising amount of places within a few hours of DC that would shock some people upon seeing how wild they are.