The Currant Mountain Wilderness is a

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 ...

centered on Currant Mountain in the

White Pine Range The White Pine Range is a group of mountains in southern White Pine County, in eastern Nevada. The range runs for approximately 51 miles (82 km) from Beck Pass in the north to Currant Pass in the south. To the west of the range are the Duc ...

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 ...

and White Pine County, in the eastern section of the state of

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in the western

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. The Currant Mountain Wilderness is bordered on the north by the

White Pine Range Wilderness The White Pine Range Wilderness is a wilderness area in southwestern White Pine County, Nevada, White Pine County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Geography The Wilderness lies within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and is therefore administer ...

, on the east by the

Red Mountain Wilderness The Red Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area in southwestern White Pine County and northeastern Nye County, within the White Pine Range in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Wilderness lies within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, administ ...

, and is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The nearest city is

Ely, Nevada Ely (, ) is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. In 1906 copper was discovered. Ely's mining boom came later than ...

. Currant Mountain is a

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

for ancient ''Pinus longaeva'' - Great Basin Bristlecone Pines. CurrantBristleCone

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''Currant Mountain Wilderness''
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. U.S. Forest Service.
National Atlas: Map of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

U.S. Geological Survey Map
at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved April 11, 2023. Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest Protected areas of Nye County, Nevada Wilderness areas of Nevada Protected areas of White Pine County, Nevada Protected areas established in 1989 1989 establishments in Nevada {{NyeCountyNV-geo-stub

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