The Grant Range Wilderness is a protected
wilderness area
Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural), are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally re ...
in the
Grant Range
The Grant Range is a mountain chain in east-central Nevada in the western United States. It runs for approximately 30 miles (50 km) in a generally north-south direction in northeastern Nye County. It is located south of the Horse Range and ...
of
Nye County
Nye County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,591. Its county seat is Tonopah. At , Nye is Nevada's largest county by area and the third-largest county in the contiguous United States, behi ...
, in the central section of the state of
Nevada
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in the western
United States
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.
The Grant Range Wilderness encompasses an area of , and is administered by the
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
Troy Peak is the highest peak in the wilderness area and the Grant Range with an elevation of .
Grant Range Wilderness is separated only by a dirt road from the smaller
Quinn Canyon Wilderness to the south.
See also
*
Nevada Wilderness Areas
In 1989 the U.S. Government enacted the Nevada Wilderness Bill, expanding the one existing Wilderness Area (Jarbidge) and creating thirteen new areas. The estimated total of was over eleven times the area that had previously been under wilderne ...
*
List of wilderness areas in Nevada
The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 803 wilderness areas protecting of federal land . They are managed by four agencies:
*United States National Park Service (NPS)
*United States Forest Service (USFS)
*United States Fish and Wil ...
References
External links
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest webpage* Nevada Wilderness.org
Wilderness.net
Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest
Wilderness areas of Nevada
Protected areas of Nye County, Nevada
Protected areas established in 1989
1989 establishments in Nevada
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