{{Short description|Wilderness area in Nevada, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox Protected area | name = Weepah Spring Wilderness | iucn_category = Ib | image = Weepah Spring Wilderness.jpg | image_caption = | location = Lincoln / Nye counties, Nevada USA | nearest_city = Hiko, Nevada | coordinates = {{coord|38|00|06|N|115|05|09|W|display=inline, title}} | area = {{convert|51480|acre|km2|1}} | established = 2004 | governing_body = U.S. Bureau of Land Management }}
'''Weepah Spring Wilderness''' is a {{convert|51480|acre|adj=on}} wilderness area in Lincoln and Nye Counties, in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Wilderness lies approximately {{convert|35|mi}} north of the town of Alamo and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.<ref name="wildnv">[http://www.nv.blm.gov/ely/wilderness/fact_sheet_weepah_spring.htm Nevada BLM] - Weepah Spring Wilderness</ref>
Weepah Spring Wilderness contains Timber Mountain and lies within the Seaman Range, an excellent example of a Great Basin mountain range. It lacks a single defined ridgeline and contains isolated peaks, maze-like canyons, walls of fossil bearing rocks, natural arches, and volcanic hoodoos. The Wilderness also has the largest stand of ponderosa pine in eastern Nevada and 4,000-year-old rock art.<ref name="wildnv"/>
==Archeology== Within the Weepah Springs Wilderness is the '''White River Narrows Archaeological District''', listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district encompasses one of the largest and most well-known concentrations of petroglyphs in Nevada. Other prehistoric sites in the District include shelter caves, hunting blinds, and campsites.<ref name="wildnv"/>
==See also== *List of wilderness areas in Nevada *List of U.S. Wilderness Areas *Wilderness Act
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==External links== *[http://www.nv.blm.gov/ely/wilderness/fact_sheet_weepah_spring.htm Nevada Bureau of Land Management] - Weepah Spring Wilderness fact sheet *[http://www.nevadawilderness.org/library/area.asp?nMode=1&nLibraryID=198 Friends of Nevada Wilderness] - Weepah Spring Wilderness *[http://www.nv.blm.gov/ely/wilderness/map_weepah_spring.pdf Nevada Bureau of Land Management] - Weepah Spring Wilderness map
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Category:Wilderness areas of Nevada Category:Protected areas of Lincoln County, Nevada Category:Protected areas of Nye County, Nevada Category:Bureau of Land Management areas in Nevada Category:Protected areas of the Great Basin Category:Protected areas established in 2004 Category:2004 establishments in Nevada