Spirit Mountain Wilderness

Spirit Mountain Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
near the summit of Spirit Mountain

Location	Clark County, Nevada, USA
Nearest city	Bullhead City, Arizona
Coordinates	35°16′12″N 114°39′32″W / 35.270067°N 114.65892°W / 35.270067; -114.65892Coordinates: 35°16′12″N 114°39′32″W / 35.270067°N 114.65892°W / 35.270067; -114.65892^[1]
Area	33,518 acres (13,564 ha)
Governing body	National Park Service Bureau of Land Management

Spirit Mountain Wilderness Area is a 33,518-acre (13,564 ha) wilderness area located in the Newberry Mountains in Clark County, Nevada, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Laughlin.^[2] Spirit Mountain lies within the area.^[3]^[4] It is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service.

Most of the wilderness is located in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.^[5] The area is adjacent to both the Nellis Wash Wilderness Area and the Bridge Canyon Wilderness Area.^[3]

The area was in the homeland of the Yuman Indians.^[4] Yuman and Mojave people believe all life began on this mountain, which is visible for miles from Bullhead City in Arizona, and Laughlin, Cal-Nev-Ari, and Searchlight in Nevada.

Notes

↑ "Spirit Mountain Wilderness Map". Wilderness.net. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
↑ "Spirit Mountain Wilderness Area Map". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
1 2 "Spirit Mountain Wilderness Area". BirdandHike.com. 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
1 2 "Clark County Wilderness Areas". Outside Las Vegas Foundation. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
↑ "Spirit Mountain Wilderness" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2010-03-15.

Protected areas of Nevada

Federal

National Parks and Monuments	Basin and Range NM Death Valley NP Great Basin NP Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM

National Recreation Areas	Lake Mead Spring Mountains (USFS)

National Forests	Humboldt-Toiyabe Inyo Lake Tahoe Basin

National Conservation Areas	Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails Red Rock Canyon Sloan Canyon

National Wilderness Areas	Alta Toquima Arc Dome Arrow Canyon Bald Mountain Becky Peak Big Rocks Black Canyon Black Rock Desert Boundary Peak Bridge Canyon Bristlecone Calico Mountains Clover Mountains Currant Mountain Death Valley Delamar Mountains East Fork High Rock Canyon East Humboldt Eldorado Far South Egans Fortification Range Goshute Canyon Government Peak Grant Range High Rock Canyon High Rock Lake High Schells Highland Ridge Ireteba Peaks Jarbidge Jimbilnan Jumbo Springs La Madre Mountain Lime Canyon Little High Rock Canyon Meadow Valley Range Mormon Mountains Mt Charleston Mt Grafton Mt Irish Mt Moriah Mt Rose Muddy Mountains Nellis Wash North Black Rock Range North Jackson Mountains North McCullough Pahute Peak Parsnip Peak Pinto Valley Quinn Canyon Rainbow Mountain Red Mountain Ruby Mountains Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Shellback South Egan Range South Jackson Mountains South McCullough South Pahroc Range Spirit Mountain Table Mountain Tunnel Spring Wee Thump Joshua Tree Weepah Spring White Pine Range White Rock Range Worthington Mountains

National Wildlife Refuges	Anaho Island Ash Meadows Desert Fallon Moapa Valley Pahranagat Ruby Lake Sheldon Stillwater

State

Historic Parks	Belmont Courthouse Dangberg Home Ranch Elgin Schoolhouse Fort Churchill Mormon Station Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Ward Charcoal Ovens

Recreation Areas	Big Bend Lahontan Rye Patch South Fork Walker Lake Wild Horse

Other	Beaver Dam Berlin–Ichthyosaur Cathedral Gorge Cave Lake Dayton Echo Canyon Kershaw–Ryan Lake Tahoe – Nevada Spring Mountain Ranch Spring Valley Valley of Fire Van Sickle Washoe Lake

Previous	Floyd Lamb

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