Wilderness area

Meadow Valley Range Wilderness

Meadow Valley Range Wilderness is a 123,508-acre wilderness area in Lincoln County, Nevada. It rises from about 2,090 to 5,722 ft. The nearest town is Moapa Town, 14.2 miles away in a straight line.

Meadow Valley Range Wilderness map

Meadow Valley Range 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 Meadow Valley Range Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
Moapa Town, NV is the nearest town, 14.2 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
The highest ground in Meadow Valley Range Wilderness is about 5,722 ft, and its lowest about 2,090 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Sunflower Mountain, about 5,004 ft.

Who manages Meadow Valley Range Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 123,508 Not on record Not on record 14 days BLM - Caliente Field Office, 775-726-8100

Getting to Meadow Valley Range Wilderness

  • Moapa Town, NV is the nearest town, 14.2 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 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: US Highway 93.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Meadow Valley Range Wilderness

  • Sunflower Mountain summit about 5,004 ft
  • Hackberry Spring spring
  • Willow 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 Meadow Valley Range 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