Nevada Wildernesses

Jimbilnan Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 58
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=277
Wilderness | Jimbilnan Wilderness
State | NV
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Date of Last Update | 4/3/2015
WID | 277
Abbreviated Name | Jimbilnan
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Jimbilnan.jpg
Acreage | 18879
Description | The Jimbilnan Wilderness contains mountainous terrain representing the northeast extremities of the Black Mountains. They contrast directly with the flat surface of the waters of Lake Mead in the distance...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 277NPS
Designated | 2002
ORIG_FID | 39332

Pinto Valley Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 59
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=462
Wilderness | Pinto Valley Wilderness
State | NV
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Date of Last Update | 4/3/2015
WID | 462
Abbreviated Name | Pinto_Valley
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/PintoValley.jpg
Acreage | 39173
Description | Comprised of rugged hills and scenic valleys, the Pinto Valley Wilderness contains Guardian Peak, one of the highest peaks within the area. The northern side of Boulder Canyon is formed by steep cliffs...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 462NPS
Designated | 2002
ORIG_FID | 39333

Black Canyon Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 60
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=51
Wilderness | Black Canyon Wilderness
State | NV
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Date of Last Update | 4/3/2015
WID | 51
Abbreviated Name | Black_Canyon_NV
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BlackCanyon51.jpg
Acreage | 17220
Description | Home to the picturesque and rugged Eldorado Mountains, the Black Canyon Wilderness is a maze of peaks and side canyons with vertical cliffs extending to the edge of the Colorado River. Much of the terrain...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 51NPS
Designated | 2002
ORIG_FID | 39334

Nellis Wash Wilderness
Wilderness | Nellis Wash Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Nellis_Wash
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NellisWash.jpg
Description | Along the western side of the recreation area, discover the Nellis Wash Wilderness nestled in the isolated Newberry Mountains. Fingerlike drainages and alluvial fans extend eastward from the mountains...

Bridge Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Bridge Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Bridge_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BridgeCanyon.jpg
Description | The Newberry Mountains, which rise to an elevation of 5,600 feet, offer a cool refuge from the heat of the surrounding desert lowlands. These imposing mountains contain the Bridge Canyon Wilderness, a...

Eldorado Wilderness
Wilderness | Eldorado Wilderness
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Abbreviated Name | Eldorado
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Eldorado.jpg
Description | This area is an intricate web of peaks, gentle slopes of lava flows and eroded basalt, and side canyons with craggy cliffs. The Eldorado Wilderness is adjacent to the Black Canyon Wilderness, separated...

Ireteba Peaks Wilderness
Wilderness | Ireteba Peaks Wilderness
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Abbreviated Name | Ireteba_Peaks
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/IretebaPeaks.jpg
Description | Whether you are looking for a new area to explore or a chance to seek refuge for the day, Ireteba Peaks Wilderness is a place to reconnect with the land. Named after Ireteba, a Mohave tribal leader who...

Spirit Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Spirit Mountain Wilderness
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Abbreviated Name | Spirit_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SpiritMountain.jpg
Description | Spirit Mountain Wilderness, nestled in the heart of the Newberry Mountains, is a stunning, rugged landscape with sculpted granitic boulders, rocky outcrops and deep canyons. The mountains harbor unique...

Death Valley Wilderness
Wilderness | Death Valley Wilderness
State | CA/NV
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Abbreviated Name | Death_Valley
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/DeathValley.jpg
Description | Death Valley National Park is the lowest and possibly hottest and driest spot in North America. The 134 degrees recorded on July 10, 1913 is the highest temperature recorded on the planet. The park is...

White Rock Range Wilderness
Wilderness | White Rock Range Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | White_Rock_Range
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/WhiteRockRange.jpg
Description | The White Rock Range Wilderness is a lightly visited pristine mountain range with gently rolling foothills covered in sagebrush, pinyon pine and juniper, and scattered ponderosa pines. Numerous side canyons...
Agency | BLM
joinerID | 671BLM

Highland Ridge Wilderness
Wilderness | Highland Ridge Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Highland_Ridge
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | The Highland Ridge Wilderness lies at the southern end of the Snake Range, adjacent to Great Basin National Park. This area encompasses varying terrain, from sagebrush covered foothills to steep ridges...
Agency | BLM
joinerID | 697BLM

Jumbo Springs Wilderness
Wilderness | Jumbo Springs Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Jumbo_Springs
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/JumboSprings.jpg
Description | Jumbo Springs Wilderness is a small area that offers fantastic panoramic views of Lake Mead and the lower reaches of the Grand Canyon. As the crow flies, Jumbo Springs Wilderness is a relatively short...
Agency | BLM
joinerID | 281BLM

East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | East_Fork_High_Rock_Canyon
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Description | The Wilderness consists of a large area of broad volcanic uplands dissected by the deeply cut drainages of High Rock and the East Fork of high Rock Canyons. Elevations in the Wilderness range from 4,900...

Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness
Wilderness | Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Wee_Thump_Joshua_Tree
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/WeeThumpJoshuaTree.jpg
Description | Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness is a place of breathtaking panoramas and natural history. This Wilderness is characterized by gentle slopes and an impressive expanse of old-growth Joshua trees. In Paiute...

Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Little_High_Rock_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LittleHighRockCanyon.jpg
Description | Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness consists of a large area of broad volcanic uplands dissected by the deeply cut drainages of Little High Rock and McConnell Canyons. Elevations in the Wilderness range...

Big Rocks Wilderness
Wilderness | Big Rocks Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Big_Rocks
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BigRocks.jpg
Description | The Big Rocks Wilderness lies to the north of the South Pahroc Range Wilderness and encompasses the southernmost portion of the North Pahroc Range. The topography of the area includes steep-sided mountains...

Arrow Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Arrow Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Arrow_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/ArrowCanyon.jpg
Description | Arrow Canyon Wilderness is an intriguing landscape with distinct and eye-catching landforms, including Arrow Canyon Range, one of the most scenic ranges in southern Nevada. The western face of the range...

North Black Rock Range Wilderness
Wilderness | North Black Rock Range Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | North_Black_Rock_Range
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NorthBlackRockRange.jpg
Description | The Wilderness contains the northern portion of the Black Rock Range. Elevations in the Wilderness range from 4,800 to 8,400 feet. The dominant vegetation is sagebrush. Colman, Snow, Battle and Slumgullion...

Delamar Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness | Delamar Mountains Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Delamar_Mountains
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/DelamarMountains.jpg
Description | Several deep, twisting canyons issue from the central core region and into the southern bajada. The eastern mountainous region holds hills, peaks, washes and draws. Many of the canyon areas and some of...

Fortification Range Wilderness
Wilderness | Fortification Range Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Fortification_Range
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/FortificationRange.jpg
Description | The 13.5 mile long Fortification Range is a low mountain range composed almost entirely of volcanic materials (tuffs and tuffaceous breccia). Most of the range is comprised of gentle ridges, however, the...

Weepah Spring Wilderness
Wilderness | Weepah Spring Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Weepah_Spring
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/WeepahSpring.jpg
Description | The Weepah Spring Wilderness is an excellent unspoiled example of mountain ranges representative of the Great Basin. Rising from 4,600 to 8,605 feet, Weepah Springs Wilderness lacks a single defined ridgeline....

Clover Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness | Clover Mountains Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Clover_Mountains
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CloverMountains.jpg
Description | Millions of years ago, this area was a major volcanic center, spewing lava flows over the landscape. Now this ancient caldera, cut into twisting shapes and inspiring colors by millions of years of erosion...

Government Peak Wilderness
Wilderness | Government Peak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Government_Peak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/GovernmentPeak.jpg
Description | The Government Peak Wilderness sits like a ship off the northern "coast" of the Snake Range in eastern Nevada. Vegetation includes mostly desert brush and grass at the lower elevations, with a scattering...

South Pahroc Range Wilderness
Wilderness | South Pahroc Range Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | South_Pahroc_Range
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SouthPahrocRange.jpg
Description | The South Pahroc Range is extremely rugged with deeply cut canyons, high ridges, large rounded boulders and heavily forested expanses ranging from 5,000 to 7,950 feet. Much of the range is a solitary volcanic...

Worthington Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness | Worthington Mountains Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Worthington_Mountains
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/WorthingtonMountains.jpg
Description | Worthington Mountain rises like a ship, 4,000 rugged feet above dry valleys of central Nevada to almost 9,000 feet. The extremely severe limestone backbone of the mountain presents a difficult challenge...

Goshute Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Goshute Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Goshute_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/GoshuteCanyon.jpg
Description | The 11-mile long Goshute Canyon Wilderness is a rugged, uplifted range, with massive white limestone cliffs jutting from its slopes. The lower elevations are thickly forested by pinyon pine and juniper...

Black Rock Desert Wilderness
Wilderness | Black Rock Desert Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Black_Rock_Desert
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BlackRockDesert.jpg
Description | The Black Rock Desert Wilderness, which contains the eastern arm of the Black Rock Desert, is the largest Wilderness managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The Black Rock Desert is the dry lakebed of...

Far South Egans Wilderness
Wilderness | Far South Egans Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Far_South_Egans
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/FarSouthEgans.jpg
Description | The Far South Egans Wilderness consists primarily of an extremely rugged portion of the Egan Range. A mountain range not quite ready to surrender, the Egan Range dramatically ascends from about 5,800 feet...

Parsnip Peak Wilderness
Wilderness | Parsnip Peak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Parsnip_Peak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/ParsnipPeak.jpg
Description | Part of the Wilson Creek Mountain Range, Parsnip Peak Wilderness provides an outstanding array of recreation and abundant solitude. The area is pristine, with riparian areas, wildlife and forest. Elevations...

Calico Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness | Calico Mountains Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Calico_Mountains
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CalicoMountains.jpg
Description | The Calico Mountains Wilderness includes the southern portion of the Calico Mountains a typical north-south trending Great Basin mountain range. Elevations in the wilderness range from 3,950 to 8,491 feet...

High Rock Lake Wilderness
Wilderness | High Rock Lake Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | High_Rock_Lake
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/HighRockLake.jpg
Description | The High Rock Lake Wilderness includes the northern portion of the Calico Mountains, a typical north-south trending Great Basin mountain range. Elevations in the wilderness range from 4,000 to 7,000 feet....

Mount Grafton Wilderness
Wilderness | Mount Grafton Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mount_Grafton
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MountGrafton.jpg
Description | The Mount Grafton Wilderness is large and extremely rugged with numerous rock outcrops, crags, and peaks scattered throughout the high country. Elevations, here, rise from about 6,100 feet to nearly 11,000...

South McCullough Wilderness
Wilderness | South McCullough Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | South_McCullough
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SouthMcCullough.jpg
Description | The South McCullough Wilderness encompasses the southern portion of the McCullough Range. This area of the north-south trending range is comprised of ancient metamorphic rock. From a distance, the mountains...

Tunnel Spring Wilderness
Wilderness | Tunnel Spring Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Tunnel_Spring
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | Tunnel Springs Wilderness is a land of steep, mountainous canyons, long ridges and rough drainages located at the head of Beaver Dam Wash. Elevations in this Wilderness range from 5,000 to 6,700 feet....

Bristlecone Wilderness
Wilderness | Bristlecone Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Bristlecone
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Bristlecone.jpg
Description | The Bristlecone Wilderness lies in the Egan Range in eastern Nevada. Heusser Mountain stands at 9,409 feet and provides spectacular views of Steptoe Valley and the Schell Creek Range. Elevations within...

South Egan Range Wilderness
Wilderness | South Egan Range Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | South_Egan_Range
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/southEganRange.jpg
Description | The South Egan Range Wilderness is a striking and rugged mountain spine running nearly the entire length of the White River Valley. Spectacular vistas give a sense of exhilaration as the landscape falls...

North McCullough Wilderness
Wilderness | North McCullough Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | North_McCullough
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NorthMcCullough.jpg
Description | Less than 30 miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada encompassed by the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, lies a place of eye-catching beauty and historical wonder. The North McCullough Wilderness covers...

High Rock Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | High Rock Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | High_Rock_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/HighRockCanyon.jpg
Description | The Wilderness consists of a large area of broad volcanic uplands dissected by the deeply cut drainages of High Rock, Yellow Rock, Grassy, and Mahogany Canyons. Elevations in the Wilderness range from...

Mt. Irish Wilderness
Wilderness | Mt. Irish Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mt_Irish
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MtIrish.jpg
Description | Forested with pinyon pine and juniper, the hardy hiker can explore the Mt. Irish Wilderness by wandering through canyons and scrambling over limestone cliffs, ranging from 4,800 to 7,504 feet. The white...

Becky Peak Wilderness
Wilderness | Becky Peak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Becky_Peak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BeckyPeak.jpg
Description | The Becky Peak Wilderness lies at the northern end of the Schell Creek Range in eastern Nevada. Vegetation primarily includes desert brush and grass at the lower elevations and a scattering of pinyon pine...

Lime Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Lime Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Lime_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LimeCanyon.jpg
Description | Outstanding vistas of Lake Mead and the Muddy Mountains can be found in this remote area. The Lime Canyon Wilderness is located east of Las Vegas, Nevada. Lime Ridge dominates this Wilderness and trends...

Meadow Valley Range Wilderness
Wilderness | Meadow Valley Range Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Meadow_Valley_Range
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MeadowValleyRange.jpg
Description | The Meadow Valley Range Wilderness is a land of rolling bajadas speckled with cholla, yucca and Joshua trees, intricately carved canyons forested with pinyon pine and juniper, and jagged mountain peaks...

South Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness | South Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | South_Jackson_Mountains
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SouthJacksonMountains.jpg
Description | The Wilderness contains the southern portion of the Jackson Mountains. Elevations in the Wilderness range from 3,900 to 8,923 feet on top of King Lear Peak. Sagebrush is the dominant vegetation type, with...

North Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness | North Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | North_Jackson_Mountains
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NorthJacksonMountains.jpg
Description | The Wilderness contains the northern portion of the Jackson Mountains. Elevations in the Wilderness range from 4,000 to 8,400 feet on top of Parrot Peak. Sagebrush is the dominant vegetation type, with...

Mormon Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness | Mormon Mountains Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mormon_Mountains
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MormonMountains.jpg
Description | From rolling bajadas speckled with cholla, yucca and Joshua trees, to intricately carved canyons forested with pinyon pine and juniper, and jagged mountain peaks topped with stands of old-growth ponderosa...

Pahute Peak Wilderness
Wilderness | Pahute Peak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Pahute_Peak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/PahutePeak.jpg
Description | The Wilderness contains the central portion of the Black Rock Range. Elevations in the Wilderness range from 4,050 to 8,594 feet on top of Pahute Peak (also known as Big Mountain). Sagebrush is the dominant...

Eldorado Wilderness
Wilderness | Eldorado Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Eldorado
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Eldorado.jpg
Description | This area is an intricate web of peaks, gentle slopes of lava flows and eroded basalt, and side canyons with craggy cliffs. The Eldorado Wilderness is adjacent to the Black Canyon Wilderness, separated...

Ireteba Peaks Wilderness
Wilderness | Ireteba Peaks Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Ireteba_Peaks
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/IretebaPeaks.jpg
Description | Whether you are looking for a new area to explore or a chance to seek refuge for the day, Ireteba Peaks Wilderness is a place to reconnect with the land. Named after Ireteba, a Mohave tribal leader who...

Rainbow Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Rainbow Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Rainbow_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RainbowMountain.jpg
Description | Although this area is significantly smaller than the adjacent Mt. Charleston Wilderness and La Madre Mountain Wilderness, the terrain consists of beautiful vertical red and buff sandstone cliffs, capped...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 481FS

Mt. Charleston Wilderness
Wilderness | Mt. Charleston Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mt_Charleston
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MtCharleston.jpg
Description | The Mt. Charleston Wilderness is an inspiring place with invigorating mountain air, ice-cold springs, and acres of noble evergreen forests. The rugged mountain scenery extends across the crest of the Spring...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 394FS

La Madre Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | La Madre Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | La_Madre_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LaMadreMountain.jpg
Description | Dominating the dramatic backdrop of the Scenic Loop at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area are the steep canyons and spectacular cliffs of La Madre Mountain Wilderness, located approximately 12...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 304FS

La Madre Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | La Madre Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | La_Madre_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LaMadreMountain.jpg
Description | Dominating the dramatic backdrop of the Scenic Loop at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area are the steep canyons and spectacular cliffs of La Madre Mountain Wilderness, located approximately 12...

Mt. Charleston Wilderness
Wilderness | Mt. Charleston Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mt_Charleston
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MtCharleston.jpg
Description | The Mt. Charleston Wilderness is an inspiring place with invigorating mountain air, ice-cold springs, and acres of noble evergreen forests. The rugged mountain scenery extends across the crest of the Spring...

Rainbow Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Rainbow Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Rainbow_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RainbowMountain.jpg
Description | Although this area is significantly smaller than the adjacent Mt. Charleston Wilderness and La Madre Mountain Wilderness, the terrain consists of beautiful vertical red and buff sandstone cliffs, capped...

Mt. Moriah Wilderness
Wilderness | Mt. Moriah Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mt_Moriah
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/mt_moriah.jpg
Description | Shallow caves, many of which show evidence of prehistoric habitation, are common in this Wilderness and it is suspected that many more have yet to be discovered. If you set out to explore this territory...

Muddy Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness | Muddy Mountains Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Muddy_Mountains
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MuddyMountains.jpg
Description | Just an hour north of Las Vegas, Nevada lies the Muddy Mountains Wilderness, a place of wonder and mystery, an area of outrageous geology and colorful Mojave Desert habitat. This region of shadowy slot...

Spirit Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Spirit Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Spirit_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/SpiritMountain.jpg
Description | Spirit Mountain Wilderness, nestled in the heart of the Newberry Mountains, is a stunning, rugged landscape with sculpted granitic boulders, rocky outcrops and deep canyons. The mountains harbor unique...

Pine Forest Range Wilderness
Wilderness | Pine Forest Range Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Pine_Forest_Range
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/PineForestRange.jpg
Description | Just north of the Black Rock Desert, the Pine Forest Range Wilderness offers a diverse landscape of rolling slopes of sagebrush, dense stands of aspen and otherworldly clusters of rock formations. This...

Alta Toquima Wilderness
Wilderness | Alta Toquima Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | AltaToquima
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Alta_Toquima.jpg
Description | The 35,860-acre Alta Toquima Wilderness, designated in 1989 and managed by the Forest Service as part of the Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest, protects a stellar example of Nevada's Basin-and-Range high...

Arc Dome Wilderness
Wilderness | Arc Dome Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | ArcDome
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/arc_dome.jpg
Description | The Arc Dome Wilderness comprises the southern third of the Toiyabe Range, a rugged spine of mountains with difficult access, and includes the range's highest summits. Much of the Wilderness lies above...

Bald Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Bald Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Bald_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BaldMountain.jpg
Description | The Bald Mountain Wilderness is located on the Eastern edge of the White Pine Range, with Ellison creek bordering it on the south. It is a lower elevation range with rocky outcrops and unique box canyons...

Currant Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Currant Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Currant_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/currant_mtn.jpg
Description | Volcanic-deposited sediments uplifted into a fault-block mountain range, now called Nevada's White Pine Range, which peaks at the 11,513-foot Currant Mountain near the center of the Wilderness. Sagebrush...

Boundary Peak Wilderness
Wilderness | Boundary Peak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Boundary_Peak
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/boundary_peak.jpg
Description | Of the 2 million acres of the heavily-visited Inyo National Forest split between Nevada and California, only about 60,000 acres lie in Nevada. In that portion, you will find this one lonely Wilderness...

East Humboldts Wilderness
Wilderness | East Humboldts Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | East_Humboldts
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/easthumboldts.jpg
Description | Anchored in the center by 11,127-foot Hole in the Mountain Peak, northeastern Nevada's East Humboldt Range and this Wilderness host a variety of vegetation: grasses and sage at lower elevations, mountain...

Grant Range Wilderness
Wilderness | Grant Range Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Grant_Range
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/grant_range.jpg
Description | Raptors flock to this area which falls away from 11,298-foot Troy Peak to a few firs and bristlecone pines and on down to dryland pinion-juniper with a sagebrush understory. Hikers won't find any maintained...

High Schells Wilderness
Wilderness | High Schells Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | High_Schells
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/highschells.jpg
Description | The High Schells Wilderness contains some of the most dramatic scenery in Eastern Nevada. There are many high windswept peaks over 11,500 feet. Deep Glaciated valleys flow from the high peaks which are...

Jarbidge Wilderness
Wilderness | Jarbidge Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Jarbidge
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Jarbidge.jpg
Description | According to legend, a hardy band of Shoshone braves walled in the original jarbidge (their word for "a weird beastly creature") in a cave in Jarbidge Canyon. Now this northern Nevada Wilderness merits...

Mt. Rose Wilderness
Wilderness | Mt. Rose Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mt_Rose
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/mt_rose.jpg
Description | Nestled between Lake Tahoe and Reno, Nevada, the 32,000 acre Mt. Rose Wilderness encompasses most of the high country of the Carson Range. The Hunter Lake jeep road splits the area into two distinct sections:...

Red Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Red Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Red_Mountain_NV
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RedMountainNV.jpg
Description | Adjacent to the Currant Mountain wilderness in the heart of the White Pine Range, Red Mountain stands out against the grey Limestone escarpment with its orange - red volcanic geology. This remote area...

Quinn Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness | Quinn Canyon Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Quinn_Canyon
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/quinn_canyon.jpg
Description | Extreme isolation defines Quinn Canyon, a remote central Nevada wilderness. From the main ridgeline of the area, cresting at more than 10,000 feet, many smaller ridges and narrow canyons extend out east...

Table Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness | Table Mountain Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Table_Mountain
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/table_mtn.jpg
Description | A unique high plateau, or tableland, distinguishes this Wilderness. This rolling, semiforested region attracts hikers and especially horsepackers. The Monitor Range, in which Table Mountain stands, rises...

Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness
Wilderness | Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Santa_Rosa_Paradise_Peak
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Description | Lonely, rarely visited, and subtle, this area is quintessential basin and range country: no lakes, no alpine meadows, no large coniferous forests. Located in north-central Nevada, it encompasses the south...

Shellback Wilderness
Wilderness | Shellback Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Shellback
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Shellback.jpg
Description | The Shellback Wilderness is in the Northeast White Pine Range. It is a long ridge reaching over 9000 feet. The West side has spring fed basins with aspen stands and linear limestone formations. The West...

White Pine Range Wilderness
Wilderness | White Pine Range Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | White_Pine_Range
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/NoPicture.gif
Description | The White Pine Wilderness is divided in three sections by rough roads open to motorized vehicles. Rocky ridges, rolling hills and varied vegetation can be experienced throughout the Wilderness. Many springs...

Wovoka Wilderness
Wilderness | Wovoka Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Wovoka
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/Wovoka.jpg
Description | The Wovoka Wilderness was designated in December 2014. The wilderness is in the Great Basin, in western Nevada. The wilderness is named for Wovoka, a Northern Paiute, known for his visions and prophecies...

Ruby Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness | Ruby Mountains Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Ruby_Mountains
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/RubyMountains.jpg
Description | Glaciers scoured the northern end of the Ruby Mountains during the last ice age, creating the U-shaped Lamoille Canyon, also known as Nevada's Yosemite. Hanging valleys, towering summits, and year-round...