Wilderness area

Tunnel Spring Wilderness

Tunnel Spring Wilderness is a 5,341-acre wilderness area in Lincoln County, Nevada. It rises from about 5,116 to 6,199 ft. The nearest town is Modena, 16.7 miles away in a straight line.

Tunnel Spring Wilderness map

Tunnel Spring 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

Modena, UT is the nearest town, 16.7 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance).
The highest ground in Tunnel Spring Wilderness is about 6,199 ft, and its lowest about 5,116 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model).

Who manages Tunnel Spring Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 5,341 Not on record Not on record Not on record BLM - Caliente Field Office, 775-726-8100

Getting to Tunnel Spring Wilderness

  • Modena, UT is the nearest town, 16.7 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-25)

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Tunnel Spring Wilderness

  • Tunnel Springs spring

Features whose official location is inside the boundary, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, accessed 2026-09-25.

Campgrounds in and around Tunnel Spring Wilderness

Beaver Dam State Park camping (0.8 miles outside the boundary): its sites, fees, and reservations on campgroundsdb.com.

Fishing and water

Beaver Dam Wash fishing (0.3 miles outside the boundary): its fishing and stocking record on fishypedia.com.

Public lands next to Tunnel Spring 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