Red Cliffs National Conservation Area

Red Cliffs National Conservation Area
Red Cliffs Desert Reserve
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Red Cliffs National Conservation Area
Map of the United States
Location	Washington County, Utah, United States
Nearest city	St. George, Utah
Coordinates	37°09′22″N 113°33′14″W / 37.156°N 113.554°W / 37.156; -113.554Coordinates: 37°09′22″N 113°33′14″W / 37.156°N 113.554°W / 37.156; -113.554
Area	44,725 acres (181.00 km²)
Established	2009
Governing body	Bureau of Land Management
Official website

The Red Cliffs National Conservation Area is a 44,724-acre (180.99 km²) National Conservation Area located in southwest Utah, north of St. George at the northeastern-most edge of the Mojave Desert.^[1] It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and was created as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009.^[2]

The Red Cliffs National Conservation Area (NCA) is part of the larger multi-jurisdictional Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, which was created in 1996 to protect the habitat and populations of the desert tortoise and other species.^[3] Part of the NCA was designated in 2009 as the Cottonwood Canyon and Red Mountain wilderness areas, which are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The Pine Valley Mountains and Dixie National Forest are north of the NCA. The NCA is located within the watershed of the Virgin River, a tributary of the Colorado River. There are over 130 miles (210 km) of non-motorized trails in the NCA.

Gallery

Cottonwood Canyon
St. George and the Red Cliffs

References

↑ "Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Utah". Public Lands Information Center. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
↑ Holt, Rush D. (March 30, 2009), Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Washington, DC: Library of Congress, archived from the original on February 23, 2013, retrieved May 26, 2012
↑ "Red Cliffs National Conservation Area". St. George Field Office, Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2012.

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Bureau of Land Management.

Protected areas of Utah

Federal

National Parks	Arches Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Zion

NPS National Monuments	Cedar Breaks Dinosaur Hovenweep Natural Bridges Rainbow Bridge Timpanogos Cave

National Historic Site	Golden Spike

National Recreation Area	Glen Canyon

National Historic Trail	Mormon Pioneer

National Forests	Ashley Caribou-Targhee Dixie Fishlake Manti-La Sal Sawtooth Uinta-Wasatch-Cache

Forest Service areas	Desert Biosphere Reserve Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

National Wildlife Refuges	Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Fish Springs Ouray

National Conservation Areas	Beaver Dam Wash Red Cliffs

BLM National Monument	Grand Staircase-Escalante

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Ashdown Gorge Beartrap Canyon Beaver Dam Mountains Black Ridge Canyons Blackridge Box-Death Hollow Canaan Mountain Cedar Mountain Cottonwood Canyon Cottonwood Forest Cougar Canyon Dark Canyon Deep Creek Deep Creek North Deseret Peak Doc's Pass Goose Creek High Uintas LaVerkin Creek Lone Peak Mount Naomi Mount Nebo Mount Olympus Mount Timpanogos Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Pine Valley Mountain Red Butte Red Mountains Slaughter Creek Taylor Creek Twin Peaks Wellsville Mountain Zion

State

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Utah State Parks and Recreation

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