Mount Grafton Wilderness is a wilderness area in southern White Pine County and northern Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Wilderness lies approximately south of the town of Ely and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

The high point and namesake of the Wilderness is Mount Grafton, a peak in the Schell Creek Range and important summer habitat for many species of wildlife including elk, mule deer, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, and mountain lion. Extensive forested areas of Mount Grafton Wilderness include pinyon pine, juniper, aspen, limber and bristlecone pine, and white fir.

Mount Grafton Wilderness

See also

List of wilderness areas in Nevada

List of U.S. Wilderness Areas

Wilderness Act

References

External links

Friends of Nevada Wilderness - Mount Grafton Wilderness

- Mount Grafton Wilderness Area fact sheet

Wilderness areas of Nevada

Protected areas of Lincoln County, Nevada

Protected areas of White Pine County, Nevada

IUCN Category Ib

Bureau of Land Management areas in Nevada

Mount Grafton Wilderness