Red Mountain Wilderness
{{Short description|Wilderness area in Nevada, United States}}
{{For|another place|Red Mountain Wilderness (Utah)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Red Mountain Wilderness (Nevada)
| iucn_category = Ib
| photo = Red Mountain Wilderness.jpg
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| map = USA
| relief = 1
| location = White Pine / Nye counties, Nevada, United States
| nearest_city = Duckwater, Nevada
| coordinates = {{coord|38.911072|N|115.334873|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| area = {{convert|20490|acre}}
| established = December 20, 2006
| governing_body = U.S. Forest Service
}}
The Red Mountain Wilderness is a {{convert|20490|acre|adj=on}} 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.[http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/recreation/wilderness/red_mtn.shtml Red Mountain Wilderness] - Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
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.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/recreation/wilderness/red_mtn.shtml Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest: official Red Mountain Wilderness website]
- [http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/wildView?WID=699 Red Mountain Wilderness at Wildernss.net]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111017091355/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/fedlands/NV.pdf National Atlas: Map of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070416034057/http://www.nevadawilderness.org/framesets/fmainset.htm Friends of Nevada Wilderness]
- [http://www.wilderness.org/WhereWeWork/Nevada/ScientistsSupportWhitePineCountyWilderness.cfm Wilderness Society: "Scientists Voice Their Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Designations in White Pine County, Nevada"]
{{Protected Areas of Nevada}}
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Category:Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest
Category:Wilderness areas of Nevada
Category:Protected areas of Nye County, Nevada
Category:Protected areas of White Pine County, Nevada
Category:Protected areas established in 2006
Category:2006 establishments in Nevada
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