Beaver Creek Wilderness offers opportunities for primitive camping, trail and compass hiking, horseback riding and backpacking. This is an undeveloped, rugged area. Significant wood skills are needed to access and use the area.

Special hunting regulations apply since the wilderness is a part of the Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area. This is a rugged, undeveloped wilderness where good backwoods skills are essential.

To get to the Wilderness, take U.S. 27 south from Alpine for 4 miles, 18 miles from Somerset. Use Forest Service Road 50 for access to the west side of the Wilderness; use KY 90 and Forest Service Road 820 for access to the east side.