Wilderness area

Big Rocks Wilderness

Big Rocks Wilderness is a 12,930-acre wilderness area in Lincoln County, Nevada. It rises from about 5,175 to 6,985 ft. The nearest town is Hiko, 11.2 miles away in a straight line.

Big Rocks Wilderness map

Big Rocks 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

Hiko, NV is the nearest town, 11.2 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 24 miles west of Caliente.
The highest ground in Big Rocks Wilderness is about 6,985 ft, and its lowest about 5,175 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model).

Who manages Big Rocks Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 12,930 Not on record Not on record Not on record BLM - Caliente Field Office, 775-726-8100

Getting to Big Rocks Wilderness

  • Hiko, NV is the nearest town, 11.2 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 24 miles west of Caliente.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: US Highway 93.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Big Rocks Wilderness

  • Little Boulder Spring spring

Features whose official location is inside the boundary, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, accessed 2026-09-25.

Public lands next to Big Rocks Wilderness

Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.

Other wilderness areas in Nevada

Nevada wilderness areas