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Arc Dome Wilderness

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Location
  
Governing body
  
U.S. Forest Service

Established
  
1989

Nearest city
  
Area
  
465.4 km²

Arc Dome Wilderness

Address
  
Round Mountain, NV 89045, USA

Management
  
United States Forest Service

Similar
  
Humboldt National Forest, Berlin‑Ich State Park, Columbine Campgro

Arc dome wilderness


The Arc Dome Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Toiyabe Range of Nye County, in the central section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately 115,000 acres (47,000 ha), Nevada’s largest Wilderness area. Attractions include the 70-mile (110 km)-long Toiyabe Crest Trail offers travelers atop the ridge of the Toiyabe Range, including 30 miles (48 km) within the Arc Dome Wilderness.

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Wildlife in the Wilderness includes Columbia spotted frog, mule deer, sharp-shinned hawk, golden eagle, Clark's nutcracker, sagebrush sparrow, sagebrush vole, black-throated gray warbler, yellow warbler, northern goshawk, big brown bat, and Great Basin skink.

The Arc Dome Wilderness is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

Arc dome wilderness scouting 2015


References

Arc Dome Wilderness Wikipedia