Wild Areas in the Northwest Region

Northwest Region
Home of the Black Rock Desert and High Rock Canyon wilderness complex and National Conservation Area, this is also where the Burning Man celebration occurs. The Black Rock Desert Wilderness is Nevada’s largest wilderness at over 300,000 acres. This Northwest Region also contains critical and outstanding wild lands lying just beyond the suburban areas of western Nevada. Many areas in this region still need protection such as the Tule Peak, Petersen Mountain, Rawe Peak, Poodle Mountain and Wall Canyon.

Augusta Mountain Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Black Rock Desert Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

Buffalo Hills Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Burbank Canyons Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Burro Mountain
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Buttermilk Roadless Area
USFS Inventoried Roadless Area

Calico Mountains Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

China Mountain Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

China Mountain Additions
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Clan Alpine Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Desatoya Mountains Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Disaster Peak Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Dry Valley Rim Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

East Sister Roadless Area
USFS Inventoried Roadless Area

Fencemaker
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Five Springs Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Fox Range Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Granite Peak
BLM-inventoried Land with Wilderness Character

High Rock Canyon Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

High Rock Lake Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

Job Peak Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Job South
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Instant Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

Lyon Peak
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Massacre Rim Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Mount Etna Proposed Wilderness
USFS Inventoried Roadless Area

Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Mount Rose Additions Roadless Areas
USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas

Mount Rose Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

North Black Rock Range Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

North Fork of the Little Humboldt River Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

North Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

North Sahwave
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Pahute Peak Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

Petersen Mountain Proposed Wilderness
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Pine Forest Range Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

Pole Creek Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Poodle Mountain Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Pueblo Mountains Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Rawe Peak
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Santa Rosa - Paradise Peak Additions
USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas

Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Study Areas
NWS Wilderness Study Areas

Sheldon Contiguous Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

South Fork Quinn Roadless Area
USFS Inventoried Roadless Area

South Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Designated Wilderness Area

Stillwater Range Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Stillwater Additions
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Ten-Mile Wilderness Inventory Unit
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Tobin Range Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Tobin Crest
BLM Land with Wilderness Characteristics

Twin Peaks Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Tule Peak
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Wall Canyon Additions
BLM Lands with Wilderness Character

Wall Canyon Wilderness Study Area
BLM Wilderness Study Area

Warm Springs Wilderness Inventory Unit
BLM Wilderness Inventory Unit

Wovoka Wilderness
Designated Wilderness


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