East Humboldt Wilderness

Located in the Humboldt National Forest in Nevada.

The East Humboldt Wilderness comprising 36,000 acres, sits astride the East Humboldt Mountain range, a high ridgeline of mountains running south from Wells. The area was designated as Wilderness in 1989 with the passage of the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act. Towering 5,000 feet above the sagebrush flats of eastern Nevada, the mountains are "desert islands" alive with alpine scenery, lake basins, streams, wildflowers, meadows, stands of aspen and conifer, and abundant wildlife. Highest point is Hole in the Mountain Peak at 11,306 feet which forms a large opening on the skyline. Mule deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, coyotes, mountain lions and small animals are common residents. Streams and lakes support Brook, Rainbow, and the threatened Lahontan Cutthroat trout.

Prehistoric bighorn sheep hunting blinds on high elevation ridges as well as hunting camps and inhabited caves, mine structures, and carvings on aspen trees from Basque sheepherders make this area rich in cultural history.

For more information contact: The Humboldt National Forest