Wilderness area

Goshute Canyon Wilderness

Goshute Canyon Wilderness is a 42,544-acre wilderness area in White Pine County, Nevada. It rises from about 5,935 to 10,511 ft. The nearest town is McGill, 38.9 miles away in a straight line.

Goshute Canyon Wilderness
Photo: Bureau of Land Management, Public domain

Goshute Canyon Wilderness map

Goshute Canyon 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 Goshute Canyon Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
McGill, NV is the nearest town, 38.9 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 Goshute Canyon Wilderness is about 10,511 ft, and its lowest about 5,935 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model).

Who manages Goshute Canyon Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 42,544 Not on record Not on record 14 days BLM Ely District Office, 775-289-1800

Getting to Goshute Canyon Wilderness

  • McGill, NV is the nearest town, 38.9 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 50 miles north of Ely.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: US Highway 93, State Route 489, County Road 25.

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

Trailheads at Goshute Canyon Wilderness

Trailhead locations: BLM recreation sites layer , accessed 2026-09-25. Elevations from USGS 3DEP.

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Goshute Canyon Wilderness

  • Flat Canyon canyon
  • Dry Canyon Spring spring
  • Flat Canyon Spring spring

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

Other wilderness areas in Nevada

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