Wilderness area

South Egan Range Wilderness

South Egan Range Wilderness is a 67,214-acre wilderness area in White Pine County, Nevada. It rises from about 5,537 to 9,593 ft. The nearest town is Lund, 3 miles away in a straight line.

South Egan Range Wilderness
Photo: US BLM, Public domain

South Egan Range Wilderness map

South Egan 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 South Egan Range Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
Lund, NV is the nearest town, 3 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). The wilderness.net page for this area places it about 2 miles west of Lund.
The highest ground in South Egan Range Wilderness is about 9,593 ft, and its lowest about 5,537 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Sawmill Peak, about 9,437 ft.

Who manages South Egan Range Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 67,214 Not on record Not on record 14 days Ely BLM Field Office, 775-289-1800

Getting to South Egan Range Wilderness

  • Lund, NV is the nearest town, 3 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 2 miles west of Lund.
  • Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: US Highway 6, State Route 318.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in South Egan Range Wilderness

  • Sawmill Peak summit about 9,437 ft
  • Ninemile Mountain summit about 8,973 ft
  • Box Canyon canyon
  • Adams Spring spring
  • Blue 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 South Egan 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