La Madre Mountains Wilderness
La Madre Mountain Wilderness Area consists of 47,180 acres (19,090 ha)[1] covering a part of Clark County, Nevada, that lies just west of the city of Las Vegas, between that city and Mount Charleston.[2] The area includes La Madre Mountain and several archaeological areas including the Brownstone Canyon Archaeological District. The area is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management.

La Madre seen from the northeast

Sign for wilderness area, at road end above Willow Spring
References
- "LaMadre Mountains Wilderness Nevada". www.nevadawilderness.org. 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "La Madre Mountain Wilderness Area". Retrieved 2012-06-03.
External links
- official Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest website
- National Atlas: Map of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (archive)
- Friends of Nevada Wilderness (archive)
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