Wilderness area

Ireteba Peaks Wilderness

Ireteba Peaks Wilderness is a 39,631-acre wilderness area in Clark County, Nevada. It rises from about 653 to 4,946 ft. The nearest town is Nelson, 4.4 miles away in a straight line.

Ireteba Peaks Wilderness
Photo: Bureau of Land Management, Public domain

Ireteba Peaks Wilderness map

Ireteba Peaks 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

Nelson, NV is the nearest town, 4.4 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 45 miles south of Las Vegas.
The highest ground in Ireteba Peaks Wilderness is about 4,946 ft, and its lowest about 653 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Opal Mountain, about 1,857 ft.

Who manages Ireteba Peaks Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
National Park Service 29,299 Not on record Not on record Not on record Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 702-293-8990
BLM 10,332 Not on record Not on record Not on record Las Vegas Field Office, 702-515-5000

Getting to Ireteba Peaks Wilderness

  • Nelson, NV is the nearest town, 4.4 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 45 miles south of Las Vegas.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: Transmission Road, NPS Approved Road 42, Cottonwood Cove Road, NPS Approved Road 32, NPS Approved Road 33.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Ireteba Peaks Wilderness

  • Opal Mountain summit about 1,857 ft
  • Francis Mining Claim Spring spring
  • Jonah 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.

Public lands next to Ireteba Peaks 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