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Indian Pass Wilderness

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Nearest city
  
Yuma, Arizona

Established
  
1994

Area
  
131.2 kmĀ²

Management
  
Bureau of Land Management

Indian Pass Wilderness

Location
  
Imperial County, California, USA

Governing body
  
U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Address
  
Winterhaven, CA 92283, USA

Similar
  
Picacho State Recreatio, Imperial National Wildlife R, Picacho State Park, Picacho Peak Wilderness, Western Mesquite Mines Inc

The Indian Pass Wilderness is 32,418-acre (13,119 ha) wilderness area under the administered by the Bureau of Land Management. The reserve is located in the very southeastern part of the Chocolate Mountains, in the southeastern part of California, just to the west of the Colorado River in the Lower Colorado River Valley. It adjoins the Picacho Peak Wilderness to the south, and the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge to the east.

Quartz Peak at 2,126 feet (648 m) lies in the west of the wilderness. Julian Wash, which drains eastwards into the Colorado River, marks the center of the wilderness and gives the name "Julian Wash Country" to the wilderness area.

Animals such as the Colorado River toad, desert bighorn sheep, and wild burros live in the refuge habitat.

References

Indian Pass Wilderness Wikipedia