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Kisatchie Hills Wilderness is a 8,701 acre designated wilderness area in the U.S. State of Louisiana. Contained within Kisatchie National Forest, the wilderness is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. In addition to a variety of wildlife, the area features terrain that is unusually rugged for Louisiana. Undeveloped except for its trail system, the area may be accessed only by foot or on horseback.

The wilderness is traversed by a 7-mile trail, known as the BackboneTrail, which is popular with day hikers and overnight backpackers. There are also two shorter spur trails that branch off the BackboneTrail.

A sand-bottomed stream called Bayou Cypre (pronounced “seep”) is fed by the many tributary streams that drain the wilderness area. Bayou Cypre flows out across the eastern boundary, and hikers must wade across it in order to traverse the complete Backbone Trail.