On Nov. 30, 2004, Public Law 108-424 created in Lincoln County, Nev., 14 new Wilderness Areas.

Congress designates Wilderness Areas, which are defined by the Wilderness Act of 1964 as a place "…Where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." Designation is meant to ensure that the land is preserved and protected in its natural condition. Wilderness Areas can contain ecological, geological or other features that have a historic, scenic or scientific value.

Wilderness Areas offer visitors outstanding opportunities for solitude, as well as primitive and unconfined types of recreation. Caving, hiking, horseback riding, hunting, primitive camping, rock climbing and rocking hounding are all allowed inside Wilderness Areas. Mechanized forms of transportation, such as automobiles, ATVs, motorcycles and mountain bikes, are not allowed inside Wilderness Areas.

Lincoln County Wilderness Area maps

All maps are in pdf format, and require Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat reader to view.

Important: If you experience any problems loading the maps in Adobe Acrobat in your browser, please right-click on the map link and select Save Target As to save the file to your desktop, then simply double-click on the file on your desktop to open.

• Wilderness Overview map: (11"x17", approx .5mb)
• Wilderness North Small (11"x17", approx 2.2mb)
• Wilderness North Large (34"x44", approx 5.1mb)
• Wilderness South Small (11"x17", approx 3.7mb)
• Wilderness South Large (34"x44", approx 9.1mb)
• Wilderness West Small (11"x17", approx 7.0mb)
• Wilderness West Large (34"x44", approx 3.0mb)

Wilderness Areas

For information on a specific Wilderness Area, or to see a 1:50,000 map of the Wilderness area in pdf format, click on the appropriate link below:

• Big Rocks Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Clover Mountains Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Delamar Mountains Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Far South Egans Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Fortification Range Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Meadow Valley Range Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Mormon Mountains Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Mount Irish Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Parsnip Peak Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• South Pahroc Range Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Tunnel Spring Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Weepah Spring Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• White Rock Range Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map
• Worthington Range Wilderness: Fact Sheet, Map

The BLM Ely District also manages 6,435 acres of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness (USFS website), located in White Pine County.

Wilderness Study Areas

In addition, the district manages eleven Wilderness Study Areas. For information on a specific Wilderness Study Area, click on the appropriate link below.

• Goshute Canyon WSA: Fact Sheet, Map
• Marble Canyon WSA: Fact Sheet, Map
• Mt Grafton WSA: Fact Sheet, Map
• Park Range WSA: Fact Sheet, Map
• Riordan's Well WSA: Fact Sheet, Map
• South Egan Range WSA: Fact Sheet, Map
• Goshute Canyon Instant Study Area: Map
• Heusser Mountain Instant Study Area: Map
• Shoshone Pygmy Sage Instant Study Area: Map
• Shoshone Ponds Instant Study Area: Map
• Swamp Cedar Instant Study Area: Map

Overall Map of Ely District Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas

Map is currently being prepared and will be posted soon.