Wilderness area

Highland Ridge Wilderness

Highland Ridge Wilderness is a 68,623-acre wilderness area in White Pine County, Nevada. It rises from about 5,939 to 10,921 ft. The nearest town is Baker, 11.1 miles away in a straight line.

Highland Ridge Wilderness map

Highland Ridge 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 Highland Ridge Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
Baker, NV is the nearest town, 11.1 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 20 miles south of Baker.
The highest ground in Highland Ridge Wilderness is about 10,921 ft, and its lowest about 5,939 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model).

Who manages Highland Ridge Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 68,623 Not on record Not on record 14 days BLM Ely District Office, 775-289-1800

Getting to Highland Ridge Wilderness

  • Baker, NV is the nearest town, 11.1 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 20 miles south of Baker.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: State Route 487.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Highland Ridge Wilderness

  • Black Canyon canyon
  • Decathon Canyon canyon
  • Cedar Cabin Spring spring
  • North 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 Highland Ridge 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