Salt Creek Wilderness

Salt Creek Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)[1]
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Location	Chaves County, New Mexico, United States
Nearest city	Roswell
Coordinates	33°35′16.7″N 104°21′46.7″W / 33.587972°N 104.362972°W / 33.587972; -104.362972
Area	9,621 acres (38.93 km2)
Established	1970
Governing body	United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Salt Creek Wilderness is a designated Wilderness Area located on the Pecos River approximately 12 miles north-east of Roswell, New Mexico. Established in 1970 within the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, the 9,621 acre Wilderness is administered by the U. S Fish and Wildlife Service. Combining the scrub lands of the Chihuahuan Desert with the riparian environment of the Pecos River and the Artesian basin of eastern New Mexico, Salt Creek represents a rare convergence of desert and wetlands.