Highland Ridge Wilderness

{{Short description|Protected area in Nevada, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Highland Ridge Wilderness

| iucn_category = Ib

| iucn_ref = [https://www.protectedplanet.net/555586222 Protected Area Profile for Highland Ridge Wilderness] from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved May 2, 2023.

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| map = Nevada#USA

| relief = 1

| map_caption = Location in Nevada##Location in United States

| location = White Pine County, Nevada, United States

| nearest_city = Baker, Nevada

| coordinates = {{coord|38.7743622866|-114.241679697|region:US|notes={{cite web |url=http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&latitude=38.7743622866&longitude=-114.241679697&zoom=11 |title=Highland Ridge Wilderness Map |publisher=Wilderness.net |access-date=2011-08-19}}|display=inline, title}}

| area = {{convert|68627|acre}}

| established = December 20, 2006

| governing_body = U.S. Bureau of Land Management

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Highland Ridge Wilderness is a {{convert|68627|acre|adj=on}} wilderness area in the southern part of the Snake Range of White Pine County, just south of Great Basin National Park, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Located approximately {{convert|20|mi}} south of the town of Baker, the Wilderness was designated in 2006 and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.[http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/gis/maps.Par.79060.File.dat/Highland_combined.pdf Government Peak Wilderness] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829212439/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/gis/maps.Par.79060.File.dat/Highland_combined.pdf |date=2008-08-29 }} - Nevada BLM

The topography of Highland Ridge Wilderness varies from gently sloping bajadas to rolling foothills to steep ridgelines. This variety of terrain provides excellent habitat for wildlife including mule deer, cougar, northern goshawk, and several species of bat. The pinyon and juniper-covered mountains, steep rocky ridges, and deep drainages provide contiguous protection to some of the basin lands that comprise much of this region of the state.[http://www.nevadawilderness.org/library/area.asp?nMode=1&nLibraryID=82 Highland Ridge Wilderness] - Friends of Nevada Wilderness