Wilderness area

Mount Grafton Wilderness

Mount Grafton Wilderness is a 78,754-acre wilderness area in White Pine County, Nevada. It rises from about 6,079 to 10,988 ft. The nearest town is Lund, 9.9 miles away in a straight line.

Mount Grafton Wilderness map

Mount Grafton 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 Mount Grafton Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
Lund, NV is the nearest town, 9.9 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 30 miles southwest of Ely.
The highest ground in Mount Grafton Wilderness is about 10,988 ft, and its lowest about 6,079 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Mount Grafton, about 10,988 ft.

Who manages Mount Grafton Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 78,754 Not on record Not on record 14 days BLM Ely District Office, 775-289-1800

Getting to Mount Grafton Wilderness

  • Lund, NV is the nearest town, 9.9 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 30 miles southwest of Ely.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: US Highway 93.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Mount Grafton Wilderness

  • Mount Grafton summit about 10,988 ft
  • Mollys Nipples summit about 8,271 ft
  • Lanter Canyon canyon
  • Wildcat Canyon canyon
  • Cabin Spring spring
  • Canyon 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.

Other wilderness areas in Nevada

Nevada wilderness areas