Arc Dome Wilderness

Arc Dome Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Arc Dome Wilderness Boundary
Location in Nevada Location in United States
Location	Nye County, Nevada USA
Nearest city	Tonopah, NV
Coordinates	38.8032635°N 117.3228693°W / 38.8032635; -117.3228693
Area	115,000 acres (47,000 ha)
Established	1989
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/recreation/wilderness/arc_dome.shtml

The Arc Dome Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Toiyabe Range of Nye County, in the central section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately 115,000 acres (47,000 ha), Nevada's largest Wilderness area. Attractions include the 70-mile (110 km)-long Toiyabe Crest Trail offers travelers atop the ridge of the Toiyabe Range, including 30 miles (48 km) within the Arc Dome Wilderness.

Wildlife in the Wilderness includes Columbia spotted frog, mule deer, sharp-shinned hawk, golden eagle, Clark's nutcracker, sagebrush sparrow, sagebrush vole, black-throated gray warbler, yellow warbler, northern goshawk, big brown bat, and Great Basin skink.

The Arc Dome Wilderness is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

Gallery

View of the relief of the Toiyabe Range within the Arc Dome Wilderness

View of Arc Dome at Sunset from Cow Canyon Trailhead

See also

• Arc Dome
• List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
• Wilderness Act

External links

• "Arc Dome Wilderness". US Forest Service. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
• "Arc Dome Wilderness". Friends of Nevada Wilderness. Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
• U.S. Geological Survey Map at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved March 24, 2023.