Wilderness area

Clover Mountains Wilderness

Clover Mountains Wilderness is an 85,668-acre wilderness area in Lincoln County, Nevada. It rises from about 2,948 to 7,621 ft. The nearest town is Caliente, 12.9 miles away in a straight line.

Clover Mountains Wilderness map

Clover Mountains 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

Caliente, NV is the nearest town, 12.9 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 12 miles south of Caliente.
The highest ground in Clover Mountains Wilderness is about 7,621 ft, and its lowest about 2,948 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Sawmill Mountain, about 7,621 ft.

Who manages Clover Mountains Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 85,668 Not on record Not on record Not on record BLM - Caliente Field Office, 775-726-8100

Getting to Clover Mountains Wilderness

  • Caliente, NV is the nearest town, 12.9 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 12 miles south of Caliente.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: State Route 317.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Clover Mountains Wilderness

  • Sawmill Mountain summit about 7,621 ft
  • Cougar Canyon canyon
  • Fife Canyon canyon
  • Coldwater Spring spring
  • Fountain of Youth 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