Spirit Mountain Wilderness
Spirit Mountain Wilderness is a 33,466-acre wilderness area in Clark County, Nevada. It rises from about 657 to 5,609 ft. The nearest town is Katherine, 2 miles away in a straight line.
Spirit Mountain Wilderness map
Spirit Mountain Wilderness boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
Fire restrictions
5 fire restriction orders are recorded for this unit as of Sept. 30, 2026. Each links the signed order.
- NPS Lake Mead National Recreation Area Fire Restrictions Rescissions Effective Oct. 1, 2026. Applies to the part of this wilderness managed by Lake Mead National Recreation Area (National Park Service). Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
- NPS Lake Mead National Recreation Area Fire Restrictions Effective May 29, 2026. Applies to the part of this wilderness managed by Lake Mead National Recreation Area (National Park Service). Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
- BLM Southern Nevada District Fire Prevention Order Effective May 26, 2026. Applies to the part of this wilderness managed by the Las Vegas Field Office (BLM Southern Nevada District). Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
- BLM Southern Nevada Year-Round Fire Restrictions Applies to the part of this wilderness managed by the Las Vegas Field Office (BLM Southern Nevada District). Year-round order. Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
- BLM Nevada Prevention Order: BLM statewide restrictions Effective May 1, 2026. Applies to all BLM and Forest Service land in Nevada, which here is the part managed by the Las Vegas Field Office. 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 Spirit Mountain Wilderness is limited to 15 days.
- The maximum group size at Spirit Mountain Wilderness is 12.
- Campfires are allowed: Fire pan or fire blanket required; Not during regional fire restrictions.
- Katherine, AZ is the nearest town, 2 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance).
- The highest ground in Spirit Mountain Wilderness is about 5,609 ft, and its lowest about 657 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Spirit Mountain, about 5,609 ft.
Who manages Spirit Mountain Wilderness
| Agency | Acres | Permit | Group size | Stay limit | Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Park Service | 32,913 | Not on record | 12 | 15 days | Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 702-293-8990 |
| BLM | 553 | Not on record | 12 | 15 days | Las Vegas Field Office, 702-515-5000 |
Getting to Spirit Mountain Wilderness
- Katherine, AZ is the nearest town, 2 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-25)
- Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: Christmas Tree Pass Road, State Route 163.
Position, roads and vehicle notes: wilderness.net page for Spirit Mountain Wilderness, accessed 2026-09-25. Roads and conditions change; check with the managing office before driving in.
Trailheads at Spirit Mountain Wilderness
- Grapevine Canyon Trailhead (0.19 mi outside the boundary, 2,374 ft), at 35.2259, -114.6819 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
Trailheads mapped on OpenStreetMap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License , accessed 2026-09-25. The extract used here, with distances from the boundary: osm-trailheads-nv.json. Where an agency layer lists the same trailhead, the agency's point is shown instead. Elevations from USGS 3DEP.
Named summits, canyons, and springs in Spirit Mountain Wilderness
- Spirit Mountain summit
- Devils Thumb summit
- Mount Newberry summit
- Sacatone Canyon canyon
- Pipe Spring spring
- Sacatone 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 Spirit Mountain Wilderness
- BLM unitSpirit Mountain Wilderness lies inside Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.
- National Park Service unitSpirit Mountain Wilderness lies inside Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
- Wilderness areaSpirit Mountain Wilderness borders Bridge Canyon Wilderness.
- Wilderness areaSpirit Mountain Wilderness borders Nellis Wash Wilderness.
- State parkBig Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area is 2.7 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.
Other wilderness areas in Nevada
- https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=573 (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Elevation/1/TIFF/current/n36w115/USGS_1_n36w115.tif (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/GeographicNames/DomesticNames/DomesticNames_NV_Text.zip (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2025_Gazetteer/2025_gaz_place_04.txt (accessed 2026-09-25)
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright (accessed 2026-09-25)