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Becky Peak Wilderness

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Area
  
73.32 kmĀ²

Established
  
December 20, 2006

Nearest city
  
McGill

Management
  
Bureau of Land Management

Becky Peak Wilderness

Location
  
White Pine County, Nevada, United States

Governing body
  
U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Becky Peak Wilderness is a 18,119-acre (7,332 ha) wilderness area in White Pine County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Located north of the town of Mcgill, the Wilderness was created by the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2006 and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Located at the northern end of the Schell Creek Range, vegetation in the Wilderness consists primarily of desert brush and grass at the lower elevations and a scattering of pinyon pine and juniper stands on the upland slopes of Becky Peak and surrounding hillsides.

References

Becky Peak Wilderness Wikipedia