Wilderness area

Mt. Moriah Wilderness

No, a permit is not required to visit Mt. Moriah Wilderness. Mt. Moriah Wilderness is an 88,650-acre wilderness area in White Pine County, Nevada. It rises from about 5,524 to 12,055 ft. The nearest town is Baker, 10.2 miles away in a straight line.

Mt. Moriah Wilderness map

Mt. Moriah 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

No, a permit is not required to visit Mt. Moriah Wilderness.
Camping in Mt. Moriah Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
Baker, NV is the nearest town, 10.2 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 30 miles northeast of Ely.
The highest ground in Mt. Moriah Wilderness is about 12,055 ft, and its lowest about 5,524 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Mount Moriah, about 12,055 ft.

Who manages Mt. Moriah Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 8,708 Not on record Not on record 14 days BLM Ely District Office, 775-289-1800
Forest Service 79,942 Not on record Not on record 14 days Ely Ranger District, 775-289-3031

Getting to Mt. Moriah Wilderness

  • Baker, NV is the nearest town, 10.2 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 30 miles northeast of Ely.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: US Highway 50, BLM Road 4032.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Mt. Moriah Wilderness

  • Mount Moriah summit about 12,055 ft
  • Central Peak summit about 9,359 ft
  • Big Canyon canyon
  • Cricket Canyon canyon
  • Silver Creek Spring spring
  • Tiarnleys 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 Mt. Moriah 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