Wilderness area

Eldorado Wilderness

Eldorado Wilderness is a 32,016-acre wilderness area in Clark County, Nevada. It rises from about 659 to 3,831 ft. The nearest town is Nelson, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

Eldorado Wilderness map

Eldorado 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

5 fire restriction orders are recorded for this unit as of Sept. 30, 2026. Each links the signed order.

  • NPS Lake Mead National Recreation Area Fire Restrictions Rescissions Effective Oct. 1, 2026. Applies to the part of this wilderness managed by Lake Mead National Recreation Area (National Park Service). Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
  • NPS Lake Mead National Recreation Area Fire Restrictions Effective May 29, 2026. Applies to the part of this wilderness managed by Lake Mead National Recreation Area (National Park Service). Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
  • BLM Southern Nevada District Fire Prevention Order Effective May 26, 2026. Applies to the part of this wilderness managed by the Las Vegas Field Office (BLM Southern Nevada District). Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
  • BLM Southern Nevada Year-Round Fire Restrictions Applies to the part of this wilderness managed by the Las Vegas Field Office (BLM Southern Nevada District). Year-round order. Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
  • BLM Nevada Prevention Order: BLM statewide restrictions Effective May 1, 2026. Applies to all BLM and Forest Service land in Nevada, which here is the part managed by the Las Vegas Field Office. 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

BLM portion: 14 days. National Park Service portion: 15 days.
The maximum group size at Eldorado Wilderness is 12.
Campfires are allowed: Fire pan or fire blanket required; Not during regional fire restrictions.
Nelson, NV is the nearest town, 1.3 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance).
The highest ground in Eldorado Wilderness is about 3,831 ft, and its lowest about 659 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Mohave Peaks, about 1,268 ft.

Who manages Eldorado Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 5,766 Not on record 12 14 days Las Vegas Field Office, 702-515-5000
National Park Service 26,250 Not on record 12 15 days Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 702-293-8990

Getting to Eldorado Wilderness

  • Nelson, NV is the nearest town, 1.3 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-25)
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: US Highway 95, State Route 165, NPS Approved Road 49, NPS Approved Road 60, Burro Wash Road.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Eldorado Wilderness

  • Mohave Peaks summit about 1,268 ft
  • Oak Creek Canyon canyon
  • Davis Spring spring
  • Latos Pools 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.

Public lands next to Eldorado 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