Wilderness area

Worthington Mountains Wilderness

Worthington Mountains Wilderness is a 30,594-acre wilderness area in Lincoln County, Nevada. It rises from about 4,990 to 8,945 ft. The nearest town is Rachel, 12.3 miles away in a straight line.

Worthington Mountains Wilderness map

Worthington Mountains 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

Rachel, NV is the nearest town, 12.3 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance).
The highest ground in Worthington Mountains Wilderness is about 8,945 ft, and its lowest about 4,990 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Worthington Peak, about 8,945 ft.

Who manages Worthington Mountains Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
BLM 30,594 Not on record Not on record Not on record BLM - Caliente Field Office, 775-726-8100

Getting to Worthington Mountains Wilderness

  • Rachel, NV is the nearest town, 12.3 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 375.

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

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Worthington Mountains Wilderness

  • Worthington Peak summit about 8,945 ft
  • Meeker Peak summit about 8,746 ft
  • Stinking 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 Worthington Mountains 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