Wilderness area

Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness

Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness is a 6,489-acre wilderness area in Clark County, Nevada. It rises from about 4,143 to 4,970 ft. The nearest town is Searchlight, 8.5 miles away in a straight line.

Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness
Photo: BLM Nevada, Public domain

Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness map

Wee Thump Joshua Tree 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

3 fire restriction orders are recorded for this unit as of Sept. 30, 2026. Each links the signed order.

  • BLM Southern Nevada District Fire Prevention Order Effective May 26, 2026. Applies to 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 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. 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 Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness is limited to 14 days.
The maximum group size at Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness is 12.
Campfires are allowed: Fire pan or fire blanket required; Not during regional fire restrictions.
Searchlight, NV is the nearest town, 8.5 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance).
The highest ground in Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness is about 4,970 ft, and its lowest about 4,143 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model).

Who manages Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 6,489 Not on record 12 14 days Las Vegas Field Office, 702-515-5000

Getting to Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness

  • Searchlight, NV is the nearest town, 8.5 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: State Route 164, Wee Thump East Road, Wee Thump West Road.

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

Trailheads at Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness

Trailhead locations: BLM recreation sites layer , accessed 2026-09-25. Elevations from USGS 3DEP.

Public lands next to Wee Thump Joshua Tree 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