Wilderness area

Becky Peak Wilderness

Becky Peak Wilderness is an 18,119-acre wilderness area in White Pine County, Nevada. It rises from about 6,493 to 10,006 ft. The nearest town is McGill, 34.1 miles away in a straight line.

Becky Peak Wilderness map

Becky Peak Wilderness boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.

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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

Camping in Becky Peak Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
McGill, NV is the nearest town, 34.1 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 50 miles north of Ely.
The highest ground in Becky Peak Wilderness is about 10,006 ft, and its lowest about 6,493 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Becky Peak, about 10,006 ft.

Who manages Becky Peak Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 18,119 Not on record Not on record 14 days BLM Ely District Office, 775-289-1800

Getting to Becky Peak Wilderness

  • McGill, NV is the nearest town, 34.1 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-25)
  • The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 50 miles north of Ely.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: US Highway 93, County Road 18, BLM Road 4149, County Road 31.

Position, roads and vehicle notes: wilderness.net page for Becky Peak Wilderness, accessed 2026-09-25. Roads and conditions change; check with the managing office before driving in.

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Becky Peak Wilderness

  • Becky Peak summit about 10,006 ft
  • Cherry Spring spring
  • Grouse 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.

Other wilderness areas in Nevada

Nevada wilderness areas