Wilderness area

Parsnip Peak Wilderness

Parsnip Peak Wilderness is a 43,512-acre wilderness area in Lincoln County, Nevada. It rises from about 6,100 to 8,903 ft. The nearest town is Mount Wilson, 4 miles away in a straight line.

Parsnip Peak Wilderness map

Parsnip Peak 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 Parsnip Peak Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
Mount Wilson, NV is the nearest town, 4 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 25 miles northeast of Pioche.
The highest ground in Parsnip Peak Wilderness is about 8,903 ft, and its lowest about 6,100 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Parsnip Peak, about 8,903 ft.

Who manages Parsnip Peak Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 43,512 Not on record Not on record 14 days BLM Ely District Office, 775-289-1800

Getting to Parsnip Peak Wilderness

  • Mount Wilson, NV is the nearest town, 4 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 25 miles northeast of Pioche.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: US Highway 93.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Parsnip Peak Wilderness

  • Parsnip Peak summit about 8,903 ft
  • Red Cedar Canyon canyon
  • Tex Canyon canyon
  • Buck Spring spring
  • Cold 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 Parsnip Peak 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