Mt. Moriah Wilderness | |
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Location | White Pine County, Nevada, United States |
Nearest city | Ely, NV |
Coordinates | 39°16′N 114°12′W / 39.267°N 114.200°W |
Area | 89,790 acres (36,340 ha) |
Established | December 5, 1989 |
Governing body | U.S. Forest Service & U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
The Mt. Moriah Wilderness is a 89,790-acre (36,340 ha) wilderness area in the northern part of the Snake Range of White Pine County, in the eastern section of the state of Nevada in the western United States.
The Mt. Moriah Wilderness was designated in 1989 and is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, as some 8,700 acres (3,500 ha) in the northern portion of the Wilderness lies on BLM land.[1]