Wilderness area

Jumbo Springs Wilderness

Jumbo Springs Wilderness is a 4,760-acre wilderness area in Clark County, Nevada. It rises from about 2,473 to 5,450 ft. The nearest town is Meadview, 13.9 miles away in a straight line.

Jumbo Springs Wilderness map

Jumbo Springs 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

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

  • BLM Southern Nevada District Fire Prevention Order Effective May 26, 2026. Applies to 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 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. 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 Jumbo Springs Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
The maximum group size at Jumbo Springs Wilderness is 12.
Campfires are allowed: Not during regional fire restrictions.
Meadview, AZ is the nearest town, 13.9 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 50 miles east of Las Vegas.
The highest ground in Jumbo Springs Wilderness is about 5,450 ft, and its lowest about 2,473 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model).

Who manages Jumbo Springs Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 4,760 Not on record 12 14 days Las Vegas Field Office, 702-515-5000

Getting to Jumbo Springs Wilderness

  • Meadview, AZ is the nearest town, 13.9 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 east of Las Vegas.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: Devil’s Cove Road, Scanlon Ferry Road, Interstate 15, State Route 170, Riverside Road, New Gold Butte Road.

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

Public lands next to Jumbo Springs 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