Wilderness area

Wovoka Wilderness

No, a permit is not required to visit Wovoka Wilderness. Wovoka Wilderness is a 49,151-acre wilderness area in Lyon County, Nevada. It rises from about 5,316 to 9,527 ft. The nearest town is Walker Lake, 13.7 miles away in a straight line.

Wovoka Wilderness map

Wovoka 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

No, a permit is not required to visit Wovoka Wilderness.
Walker Lake, NV is the nearest town, 13.7 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance).
The highest ground in Wovoka Wilderness is about 9,527 ft, and its lowest about 5,316 ft (USGS 3DEP elevation model). Its highest named summit is Bald Mountain, about 9,527 ft.

Who manages Wovoka Wilderness

Agency Acres Permit Group size Stay limit Office
Forest Service 49,151 Not on record Not on record Not on record Not on record

Getting to Wovoka Wilderness

  • Walker Lake, NV is the nearest town, 13.7 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 Wovoka Wilderness

  • Bald Mountain summit about 9,527 ft

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 Wovoka 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