Red Mountain Wilderness

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

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{{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.

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