Delamar Mountains Wilderness
Delamar Mountains Wilderness is a 111,066-acre wilderness area in Lincoln County, Nevada. It rises from about 2,642 to 6,487 ft. The nearest town is Alamo, 14.1 miles away in a straight line.
Delamar Mountains Wilderness map
Delamar Mountains 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
- Alamo, NV is the nearest town, 14.1 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 75 miles north of Las Vegas.
- The highest ground in Delamar Mountains Wilderness is about 6,487 ft, and its lowest about 2,642 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model).
Who manages Delamar Mountains Wilderness
| Agency | Acres | Permit | Group size | Stay limit | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLM | 111,066 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record | BLM - Caliente Field Office, 775-726-8100 |
Getting to Delamar Mountains Wilderness
- Alamo, NV is the nearest town, 14.1 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 75 miles north of Las Vegas.
Position, roads and vehicle notes: wilderness.net page for Delamar Mountains Wilderness, accessed 2026-09-25. Roads and conditions change; check with the managing office before driving in.
Named summits, canyons, and springs in Delamar Mountains Wilderness
- Willow Spring spring
- Wire Grass Spring spring
- Gregorson Basin Number Two lake
Features whose official location is inside the boundary, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, accessed 2026-09-25.
Public lands next to Delamar Mountains Wilderness
- National wildlife refugeDesert National Wildlife Refuge is 0.8 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
- Wilderness areaMeadow Valley Range Wilderness is 1.4 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
- National wildlife refugePahranagat National Wildlife Refuge is 2 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
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=665 (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Elevation/1/TIFF/current/n38w116/USGS_1_n38w116.tif (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Elevation/1/TIFF/current/n38w115/USGS_1_n38w115.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)