Beauty Mountain Wilderness is a U.S. wilderness area in
Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a County (United States), county located in the southern California, southern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 2,418,185, making it the fourth-most ...
. It consists of of very rugged and mountainous terrain. It is part of the Palm Springs - South Coast Field Office of the
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Washington DC, and with oversight over , it governs one eighth of the country's la ...
, and was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 from land already managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
Camping is allowed in the Wilderness Area, but only for 14 days. After this time, campers must move their site at least from the previous site. Pets are also allowed, but must be kept "under control". Any motorized vehicles are not allowed on Wilderness land.
See also
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List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
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 Wild ...
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IUCN Category Ib
Protected areas of Riverside County, California
Wilderness areas of California
Bureau of Land Management areas in California
Protected areas established in 2009
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