Though a few buildings and houses began to be built nearby, the area remained a dense wilderness for about 20 more years.

They understood the byways of the dense and dangerous wilderness, knew where the shelters were in the metallic-purple jungle.

They passed the gate and made their way through dense wilderness on either side until finally, topping a rise, the lodge itself came into view.

They cleared some dense wilderness and established their homesteads in what is now eastern Jackson Township.

He ignored the threatening sounds, the shadows, the thick vines, and pushed her deep into the dense alien wilderness.

The space was too large, kilometers in every direction, and the wilderness too dense to do any decent patrolling.

I could equally describe the dense wilderness that settles on you like a heavy hand, barely an hour's walk from Yosemite's granite architecture.

Survey lines had to be cut through dense wilderness, across swamps, lakes, rivers and over mountainous areas.

It is primarily a hiking trail through dense forested, mountainous wilderness.

They lived in dense wilderness and rugged terrain.