Wilderness area

Red Mountain Wilderness

No, a permit is not required to visit Red Mountain Wilderness. Red Mountain Wilderness is a 20,521-acre wilderness area in White Pine County, Nevada. It rises from about 6,358 to 9,313 ft. The nearest town is Preston, 11.2 miles away in a straight line.

Red Mountain Wilderness map

Red Mountain 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 Red Mountain Wilderness.
Preston, NV is the nearest town, 11.2 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance).
The highest ground in Red Mountain Wilderness is about 9,313 ft, and its lowest about 6,358 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model).

Who manages Red Mountain Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
Forest Service 20,521 Not on record Not on record Not on record Ely Ranger District, 775-289-3031

Getting to Red Mountain Wilderness

  • Preston, NV is the nearest town, 11.2 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-25)

Campgrounds in and around Red Mountain Wilderness

Campgrounds inside the boundary: White River Campground , each with its reservation system and amenities on campgroundsdb.com.

Public lands next to Red Mountain 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