Black Rock Desert Wilderness
Protected area in Nevada, United States
41°13′0.639″N 118°45′21.606″W / 41.21684417°N 118.75600167°W / 41.21684417; -118.75600167The Black Rock Desert Wilderness is a U S Wilderness Area in Nevada under the Bureau of Land Management. It is located in the east arm of the Black Rock Desert playa east of the Black Rock Range and west of the Jackson Mountains.[2][3] The wilderness has a land area of 314,829 acres, or 1,274.1 km2. It is the largest U.S. designated wilderness area that is managed solely by the Bureau of Land Management, and the largest that is not located within a National Forest, National Park (or Preserve), or National Wildlife Refuge. It is located within the Black Rock Desert – High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, also managed by the BLM.
See also
- Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area
- List of largest wilderness areas in the United States
References
- ^ Protected Planet Website- Retrieved March 28, 2023
- ^ a b "Black Rock Desert Wilderness". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "BLM Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area". Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
External links
- Black Rock Desert Wilderness page at Wilderness.net
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Black Rock Desert
- Antelope Range
- Badger Mountains
- Black Rock Range
- Calico Hills
- Division Range
- Empire
- Fox Range
- Gerlach
- Granite Range
- Hannan Range
- High Rock Canyon Hills
- Hog Ranch Mountains
- Jackson Mountains
- Kamma Mountains
- Kings River
- Lake Lahontan
- Little High Rock Mountains
- Massacre Range
- Montana Mountains
- Pine Forest Range
- Poker Brown Mountains
- Quinn River
- Selenite Range
- Sentinel Hills
- Seven Troughs Range
- Sheephead Mountains
- Smoke Creek Desert
- Smoke Creek Mountains
- Yellow Hills
- Black Rock–High Rock NCA
- Black Rock Desert Wilderness
- Calico Mountains Wilderness
- East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness
- High Rock Canyon Wilderness
- High Rock Lake Wilderness
- Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness
- North Black Rock Range Wilderness
- North Jackson Mountains Wilderness
- Pahute Peak Wilderness
- South Jackson Mountains Wilderness
- Empire Airport
- Old SR 34
- Old SR 48
- Old SR 49/Jungo Road
- SR 447