Arc Dome Wilderness
No, a permit is not required to visit Arc Dome Wilderness. Arc Dome Wilderness is a 120,551-acre wilderness area in Nye County, Nevada. It rises from about 6,105 to 11,756 ft. The nearest town is Kingston, 22.6 miles away in a straight line.
Arc Dome Wilderness map
Arc Dome Wilderness boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
Fire restrictions
One fire restriction order is recorded for this unit as of Sept. 30, 2026. Each links the signed order.
- BLM Nevada Prevention Order: BLM statewide restrictions Effective May 1, 2026. Applies to all BLM and Forest Service land in Nevada. Prohibited: Possessing, discharging, using or allowing the use of fireworks, pyrotechnic or incendiary devices; possessing, discharging, igniting or causing to burn; explosives or explosive material, including binary explosive targets; discharging a firearm using tracer, incendiary, or steel-component ammunition. [Use of tracer or incendiary ammunition is always prohibited on public lands]; operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting device properly installed, maintained and in effective working order.
Nevada Fire Info, BLM Nevada's interagency fire site, keeps the Nevada fire restrictions map and signed orders for every fire zone, and a Nevada fire map of active fires.
Common questions
- No, a permit is not required to visit Arc Dome Wilderness.
- The maximum group size at Arc Dome Wilderness is 15, or 25 people and stock combined.
- Kingston, NV is the nearest town, 22.6 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance).
- The highest ground in Arc Dome Wilderness is about 11,756 ft, and its lowest about 6,105 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Arc Dome, about 11,756 ft.
Who manages Arc Dome Wilderness
| Agency | Acres | Permit | Group size | Stay limit | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Service | 120,551 | Not on record | 15 (25 with stock) | Not on record | Austin Ranger District, 775-964-2671 |
Getting to Arc Dome Wilderness
- Kingston, NV is the nearest town, 22.6 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-25)
Trailheads at Arc Dome Wilderness
- Cow Canyon Trailhead (inside the boundary, 8,175 ft), at 38.8111, -117.4589
- Toms Canyon Trailhead (inside the boundary, 7,621 ft), at 38.7043, -117.3479
- Stewart Creek Trailhead (0.02 mi outside the boundary, 8,597 ft), at 38.9002, -117.3767 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
- North/South Twin Trailhead (0.09 mi outside the boundary, 6,210 ft), at 38.8885, -117.2414
Trailhead locations: Forest Service recreation sites layer , accessed 2026-09-25. Elevations from USGS 3DEP.
Trailheads mapped on OpenStreetMap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License , accessed 2026-09-25. The extract used here, with distances from the boundary: osm-trailheads-nv.json. Where an agency layer lists the same trailhead, the agency's point is shown instead.
Named summits, canyons, and springs in Arc Dome Wilderness
- Arc Dome summit
- Toiyabe Dome summit
- Toiyabe Dome Southeast Summit summit
- Battero Canyon canyon
- Cove Canyon canyon
- Barney Meadows Spring spring
Features whose official location is inside the boundary, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, accessed 2026-09-25. Summit elevations measured on the USGS 3DEP elevation model, which can read a few feet under a surveyed summit height.
Campgrounds in and around Arc Dome Wilderness
Columbine Campground (right at the boundary): its sites, fees, and reservations on campgroundsdb.com.
Public lands next to Arc Dome Wilderness
- National forestArc Dome Wilderness lies inside Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.
Other wilderness areas in Nevada
- https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=16 (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://www.fs.usda.gov/r04/humboldt-toiyabe/wilderness (accessed 2026-09-24)
- https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Elevation/1/TIFF/current/n39w118/USGS_1_n39w118.tif (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames_NV_Text.zip (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2025_Gazetteer/2025_gaz_place_32.txt (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_InfraRecreationSites_01/MapServer/0 (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_Dome_Wilderness (accessed 2026-09-24)