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The Mount Charleston Wilderness Area is located west of Las Vegas in the southern part of the state of Nevada in the western United States.It was created by the U.S. Congress in 1989 under the provisions allowed by the Wilderness Act of 1964, and is managed by both the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service.
The area runs from low meadows (around 3,000 feet or 910 meters above sea level), to the 11,918-foot (3,633 m) Mount Charleston. The SMNRA is a part of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. It adjoins the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, which is administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute [5] or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni [6]) at 11,916 feet (3,632 m), [7] is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States. It is the eighth-highest mountain in the state. [8]
The mountain is located 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Las Vegas in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area and on the boundary of the Mount Charleston Wilderness, on land managed by the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest. [2] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) above Lee Canyon in one mile (1.6 km).
View of Mount Charleston (village) in Kyle Canyon. The highest point is Mount Charleston (officially Charleston Peak), at 11,918 ft (3,633 m). The area around Mount Charleston is protected in the Mount Charleston Wilderness. The main town in the area is also named Mount Charleston (Nevada), which lies in Kyle Canyon. The area is typically 30-40 ...
The Mount Charleston Wilderness Area was created, protecting approximately 43,000 acres (17,000 ha) in the upper elevations of the Spring Mountains in western Clark County. The Table Mountain Wilderness Area was created, protecting approximately 98,000 acres (40,000 ha) of the Monitor Range in north-central Nye County .
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It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) northwest of the Las Vegas Strip and 3.9 miles (6.3 km) southeast of Mount Charleston. Griffith Peak is Nevada's 43rd highest peak, [3] and the third highest peak in southern Nevada. [4] It is within Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Mount Charleston Wilderness and Spring Mountains National Recreation Area.