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Warm Springs Wilderness
Warm Springs Wilderness Description
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area) The wilderness covers the 10 mi long mesa,[2] the stretch
of the southern Black Mountains, about 3,600 feet
(1,097 m) in elevation,[3] and the mesa is bisected by a
central southwest-flowing wash, a tributary of the Sacra-
mento Wash, that flows into Topock Marsh at the
Colorado River.
The wilderness has volcanic plugs to the north in
the Mount Nutt Wilderness. One example offset on the
Warm Springs border northwest, 4 mi (6.4 km)4 mi south
of Oatman, Arizona is Boundary Cone, a major landmark
in Mohave Valley’s northeast.
The various springs located on the mesa’s perimeter
Sitgreaves Pass are highest in water volume following wet winters, or pe-
riods of high summer monsoonal weather.
Location Mohave County, Arizona
Nearest city Oatman, AZ–Yucca, AZ
(Kingman, Bullhead City, Needles, CA)
Flora and fauna
One of the major fauna elements is the Desert Bighorn
Coordinates 34°53.80′N 114°18.48′W / 34.8967°N 114.308°W /
Sheep.
34.8967; -114.308Coordinates: 34°53.80′N
114°18.48′W / 34.8967°N 114.308°W / 34.8967;
-114.308
Recreation
Area 112,400-acre (45,500 ha)
Established 1990
The 112,400-acre (45,500 ha)[1] Warm Springs Wilderness
makes up the entirety of the Black Mesa (western Ari-
zona) and parts of the surrounding foothills, washes, al-
luvial fans, and valleys. The Black Mesa is the southern-
most section of the Black Mountains of western Mohave
County, in northwest Arizona. The region is in the east
and southeast of the Mojave Desert of Arizona, southern
Nevada, and California.
The wilderness is 30 miles (48 km) southwest of King-
man, Arizona and 10 mi (16 km) east of Mohave Valley,
Arizona and Needles, California. Oatman, AZ lies on its • Fort Mojave Indian Reservation, with Boundary Cone
northwest perimeter, adjacent to the Boundary Cone in distance
landmark; Yucca, AZ is on its east in the south-central • Boundary Cone, with Warm Springs
Sacramento Valley on Interstate 40 in Arizona which tra- Wilderness–Black Mesa (western Arizona) on right
verses due-south from Kingman, then turns due west of
the Black Mesa and Warm Springs Wilderness perimeter
to meet Needles, California, on the Colorado River.
See also
The wilderness is one of the many wilderness areas • List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
located in the Lower Colorado River Valley. The Mount • List of Arizona Wilderness Areas
Nutt Wilderness is adjacent north across Sitgreaves Pass, • Wilderness Act
just east of Oatman. • Black Mountains (Arizona)
• Boundary Cone
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Warm Springs Wilderness
[2] Warm Springs Wilderness, blm.gov
[3] Arizona Atlas & Gazateer, DeLorme, c 2002. Peaks
(unnamed): 3789, 3632, 3346 ft.
External links
BLM
• Warm Springs Wilderness at Bureau of Land
Management
Trails
• Arizona Trails West Region, (coordinates)
• Warm Springs at wilderness.net
• area map; Warm Springs at Public Lands
• Mohave & Sacramento Valleys • Mount Nutt Wilderness, BLM
References
[1] Warm Springs Wilderness Area, blm.gov
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Categories:
• IUCN Category Ib
• Protected areas of Mohave County, Arizona
• Wilderness Areas within the Lower Colorado River Valley
• Wilderness Areas of Arizona
• Bureau of Land Management areas in Arizona
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