Red Mountain Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Red Mountain Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib


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location = Nevada USA
nearest_city = Duckwater, Nevada
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lat_direction = N
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long_direction = W
area = convert|20490|acre|km2|1|sing=off
established = 2006
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

The Red Mountain Wilderness is a convert|20490|acre|km2|0|sing=on 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. [http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/recreation/wilderness/red_mtn.shtml Red Mountain Wilderness] - Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest]

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.

ee also

*List of wilderness areas in Nevada
*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

References

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/recreation/wilderness/red_mtn.shtml Red Mountain Wilderness] - Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
* [http://www.wilderness.org/WhereWeWork/Nevada/ScientistsSupportWhitePineCountyWilderness.cfm "Scientists Voice Their Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Designations in White Pine County, Nevada"] by the Wilderness Society