Highland Ridge Wilderness

Highland Ridge Wilderness is a protected area in eastern Nevada in the southern Snake Range, just south of Great Basin National Park and about 20 miles south of Baker. Administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and designated in 2006, it encompasses 68,627 acres of notably varied terrain, including gently sloping bajadas, rolling foothills, steep ridgelines, and deep drainages. Its pinyon and juniper-covered mountains and rocky landscape support wildlife such as mule deer, cougar, northern goshawk, and several bat species, while preserving a continuous stretch of basin-and-range country characteristic of this part of Nevada.

Baker, Nevada · United States