Bordered by Currant Mountain Wilderness on the west, the Red Mountain Wilderness and White Pine Range Wilderness was created by the "White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2006." It is characterized by volcanic red-orange hills and mountains covered with pinyon pine, limber pine, and bristlecone pine.[1]
mountain, wilderness, another, place, utah, acre, wilderness, area, southwestern, white, pine, county, northeastern, county, within, white, pine, range, state, nevada, wilderness, lies, within, humboldt, toiyabe, national, forest, administered, forest, service. For another place see Red Mountain Wilderness Utah The Red Mountain Wilderness is a 20 490 acre 8 290 ha wilderness area in southwestern White Pine County and northeastern Nye County within the White Pine Range in the U S state of Nevada The Wilderness lies within the Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest administered by the U S Forest Service 1 Red Mountain Wilderness Nevada IUCN category Ib wilderness area LocationWhite Pine Nye counties Nevada United StatesNearest cityDuckwater NevadaCoordinates38 54 40 N 115 20 06 W 38 911072 N 115 334873 W 38 911072 115 334873 Coordinates 38 54 40 N 115 20 06 W 38 911072 N 115 334873 W 38 911072 115 334873Area20 490 acres 8 290 ha EstablishedDecember 20 2006Governing bodyU S Forest ServiceBordered by Currant Mountain Wilderness on the west the Red Mountain Wilderness and White Pine Range Wilderness was created by the White Pine County Conservation Recreation and Development Act of 2006 It is characterized by volcanic red orange hills and mountains covered with pinyon pine limber pine and bristlecone pine 1 See also EditNevada Wilderness Areas List of wilderness areas in Nevada List of U S Wilderness Areas Wilderness ActReferences Edit a b Red Mountain Wilderness Humboldt Toiyabe National ForestExternal links EditHumboldt Toiyabe National Forest official Red Mountain Wilderness website Red Mountain Wilderness at Wildernss net National Atlas Map of Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest Friends of Nevada Wilderness Wilderness Society Scientists Voice Their Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Designations in White Pine County Nevada This article related to a protected area in Nevada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Nye County Nevada state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This White Pine County Nevada state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Red Mountain Wilderness amp oldid 1052944561, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
