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Black Rock Desert Wilderness

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Protected area in Nevada, United States

Black Rock Desert
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)^[1]
BLM map of theBlack Rock-High Rock NCA and 10 wilderness areas including Black Rock Desert Wilderness
Location of Black Rock Desert Wilderness inNevada^[2] Show map of Nevada Location of Black Rock Desert Wilderness inUnited States Show map of the United States
Location	Black Rock Desert, Nevada, United States
Coordinates	41°13′0.639″N118°45′21.606″W / 41.21684417°N 118.75600167°W /41.21684417; -118.75600167
Elevation	1,207 m (3,960 ft)
Established	2000
Operator	Bureau of Land Management

TheBlack Rock Desert Wilderness is aU S Wilderness Area in Nevada under theBureau of Land Management. It is located in the east arm of theBlack Rock Desert playa east of theBlack Rock Range and west of theJackson Mountains.^[2]^[3]The wilderness has a land area of 314,829 acres, or 1,274.1 km². It is the largest U.S.designated wilderness area that is managed solely by the Bureau of Land Management, and the largest that is not located within a National Forest, National Park (or Preserve), or National Wildlife Refuge. It is located within theBlack Rock Desert – High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, also managed by the BLM.

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Geography	Antelope Range Badger Mountains Black Rock Range Calico Hills Division Range Empire Fox Range Gerlach Granite Range Hannan Range High Rock Canyon Hills Hog Ranch Mountains Jackson Mountains Kamma Mountains Kings River Lake Lahontan Little High Rock Mountains Massacre Range Montana Mountains Pine Forest Range Poker Brown Mountains Quinn River Selenite Range Sentinel Hills Seven Troughs Range Sheephead Mountains Smoke Creek Desert Smoke Creek Mountains Yellow Hills
History	Peter Lassen Applegate Trail Thrust2 land speed record (1983) Thrust SSC land speed record (1997) CSXT Space Shot (2004)
Protected areas	Black Rock–High Rock NCA Black Rock Desert Wilderness Calico Mountains Wilderness East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Lake Wilderness Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness North Black Rock Range Wilderness North Jackson Mountains Wilderness Pahute Peak Wilderness South Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Transportation	Empire Airport Old SR 34 Old SR 48 Old SR 49/Jungo Road SR 447
Uses and Activities	Burning Man Camping Dooby Lane High Power Rocketry Land sailing Mining Rockhounding

National Conservation Areas	Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails Red Rock Canyon Sloan Canyon
National Forests	Humboldt–Toiyabe Inyo Lake Tahoe Basin
National Monuments	Avi Kwa Ame Basin and Range Gold Butte Tule Springs Fossil Beds
National Parks	Death Valley Great Basin
National Recreation Areas	Lake Mead Spring Mountains
National Trails	California Old Spanish Pony Express
National Wildlife Refuges	Anaho Island Ash Meadows Desert Fallon Moapa Valley Pahranagat Ruby Lake Sheldon Stillwater
Other	National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks National Register of Historic Places Wilderness Areas

Historic Parks	Elgin Schoolhouse Fort Churchill Mormon Station Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Ward Charcoal Ovens
Recreation Areas	Big Bend of the Colorado Lahontan Rye Patch South Fork Walker River Wild Horse
Other	Beaver Dam Berlin–Ichthyosaur Cathedral Gorge Cave Lake Dayton Echo Canyon Ice Age Fossils Kershaw–Ryan Lake Tahoe–Nevada Spring Mountain Ranch Spring Valley Valley of Fire Van Sickle Washoe Lake
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