Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness | |
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Location | Clark County, Nevada, U.S. |
Nearest town | Searchlight, Nevada |
Coordinates | 35°31′53″N 115°05′49″W / 35.531256°N 115.096932°W |
Area | 6,489 acres (26 km2) |
Established | 2002 |
Governing body | U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management |
Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness is a designated (2002) wilderness area in Nevada.[1] It comprises 6,050 acres (2,450 ha)[2] and has an expanse of old-growth Joshua trees. "Wee Thump" means "ancient ones" in the language of the Paiute people. This Bureau of Land Management wilderness is a few miles west of Searchlight, Nevada. The wilderness is part of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, designated in 2023.