Jarbidge Wilderness

Jarbidge Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

Wildflowers in the upper Jarbidge River Canyon
Map showing the location of Jarbidge Wilderness
Location Elko County, Nevada, USA
Nearest city Jarbidge, NV
Coordinates 41°45′41″N 115°19′13″W / 41.76139°N 115.32028°W / 41.76139; -115.32028Coordinates: 41°45′41″N 115°19′13″W / 41.76139°N 115.32028°W / 41.76139; -115.32028
Area 113,167 acres (457.97 km2)
Established January 1, 1964
Governing body U.S. Forest Service

The Jarbidge Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Jarbidge Mountains of northern Elko County in northeastern Nevada, United States. It is contained within the Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.[1][2]

Geography

The original Jarbidge Wilderness was established by the 1964 Wilderness Act, and was the first wilderness area protected in Nevada. Expanded in 1989 by the Nevada Wilderness Act, this wilderness is now over 113,000 acres (46,000 ha).

The wilderness area contains the headwaters of both the Marys and Jarbidge Rivers, and of Salmon Falls Creek. Emerald and Jarbidge Lakes are also within its boundaries. Nearly ten mountain peaks of greater than 10,000 feet (3,000 m) are located within the wilderness.[3]

Native habitats include Subalpine Fir, Whitebark Pine, and Quaking Aspen forests, riparian woodlands, and sagebrush steppe.

Snowslide Gulch in the Jarbidge Mountains and Jarbidge Wilderness Area.

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