Wilderness area

Lime Canyon Wilderness

Lime Canyon Wilderness is a 23,710-acre wilderness area in Clark County, Nevada. It rises from about 1,418 to 4,372 ft. The nearest town is Moapa Valley, 15.2 miles away in a straight line.

Lime Canyon Wilderness map

Lime 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

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 Lime Canyon Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
The maximum group size at Lime Canyon Wilderness is 12.
Campfires are allowed: Not during regional fire restrictions.
Moapa Valley, NV is the nearest town, 15.2 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 45 miles east of Las Vegas.
The highest ground in Lime Canyon Wilderness is about 4,372 ft, and its lowest about 1,418 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model).

Who manages Lime Canyon Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 23,710 Not on record 12 14 days Las Vegas Field Office, 702-515-5000

Getting to Lime Canyon Wilderness

  • Moapa Valley, NV is the nearest town, 15.2 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 east of Las Vegas.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: Gold Butte Backcountry Byway, Quail Spring Wash Road, Interstate 15, Gold Butte Road.
  • High-clearance, four-wheel-drive vehicles are required on the access roads.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Lime Canyon Wilderness

  • Lime Canyon canyon

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

Public lands next to Lime Canyon 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