Mount Wilson Wilderness is a 23,900-acre

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located within the Black Mountains in Mohave County Arizona, directly bordering Lake Mead National Recreation Area. It is located 19 miles south of the

Hoover Dam Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on Se ...

and can be accessed by dirt roads originating from Temple Bar Road. It is managed by the

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Kingman Field Office. The protected area consists of Wilson Ridge and its highest peak, the 5,445-foot Mount Wilson. The mountain range sustains a diverse ecosystem of desert flora and fauna and sits along steep, 3,000-foot cliffs, providing views of Lake Mead and the surrounding badlands and mountains.

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