Red Mountain Wilderness

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Red Mountain Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Location Nevada USA
Nearest city Duckwater, Nevada
Area 20,490 acres (82.9 km²)
Established 2006
Governing body U.S. Forest Service

The Red Mountain Wilderness is a 20,490-acre (83 km²) wilderness area in southwestern White Pine County, within the White Pine Range in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Wilderness lies within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and is therefore administered by the U.S. Forest Service.[1]

Bordered by Currant Mountain Wilderness on the west, the 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.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Red Mountain Wilderness - Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

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