Black Canyon Wilderness (Nevada)

Coordinates: 35°54′N 114°43′W / 35.900°N 114.717°W^[1]

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Black Canyon Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

Location	Clark County, Nevada, United States
Nearest city	Boulder
Coordinates	35°54′N 114°43′W / 35.900°N 114.717°W / 35.900; -114.717^[1]
Area	17,220 acres (6,970 ha)
Established	November 6, 2002
Governing body	National Park Service

The Black Canyon Wilderness in the state of Nevada is a 17,220-acre (6,970 ha) wilderness area located in the Dry Lake Watershed along Dry Lake Valley at Black Canyon of the Colorado, west of the Great Basin Divide. It is part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Immediately to the south is the Eldorado Wilderness, in the El Dorado Mountains. Together, the two wilderness areas protect 49,170 acres (19,900 ha).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Black Canyon Wilderness". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
^ "Black Canyon Wilderness". Wilderness.net. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
^ "Black Canyon Wilderness". Friends of Nevada Wilderness. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
^ "Eldorado Wilderness" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
^ "Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002" (PDF). U.S. Congress. November 6, 2002. Retrieved August 9, 2015.

External links

Black Canyon Wilderness - Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Information on Black Canyon Wilderness and its natural history, includes map & photos

Protected areas of Nevada

Federal

National Parks and Monuments	Avi Kwa Ame NM (BLM) Basin and Range NM (BLM) Death Valley NP Gold Butte NM (BLM) 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
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 Mountains 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 Wovoka
National Wildlife Refuges	Anaho Island Ash Meadows Desert Fallon Moapa Valley Pahranagat Ruby Lake Sheldon Stillwater

State

Historic Parks	Elgin Schoolhouse Fort Churchill Mormon Station Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Ward Charcoal Ovens
Recreation Areas	Big Bend of the Colorado Lahontan Rye Patch South Fork Walker River Wild Horse
Other	Beaver Dam Berlin–Ichthyosaur Cathedral Gorge Cave Lake Dayton Echo Canyon Ice Age Fossils Kershaw–Ryan Lake Tahoe–Nevada Spring Mountain Ranch Spring Valley Valley of Fire Van Sickle Washoe Lake
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