Mount Charleston Wilderness

The Mount Charleston Wilderness Area is located west of Las Vegas in the southern part of the state of Nevada in the western United States. It was created by the U.S. Congress in 1989 under the provisions allowed by the Wilderness Act of 1964, and is managed by both the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service.GeographyThe Mount Charleston Wilderness Area consists of a total of 57442acre of protected wilderness, with the BLM managing 2142acre and the rest by the U.S. Forest Service.The Wilderness Area extends across the entire Spring Mountains Range, including the highest point of Mount Charleston (Charleston Peak), at an elevation of 11908ft.HabitatThe Mount Charleston Wilderness Area is also home to around 18000acre of Bristlecone pine and is the largest collection of these trees in the Intermountain Region of the United States. The area also provides the only habitat for the only herd of Rocky Mountain Elk located within Clark County, according to the BLM.RecreationThere are some 40mi of trails located within the Mount Charleston Wilderness Area, which can be accessed from the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, commonly known as Mount Charleston.