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The smaller and more northeasterly Humboldt National Forest is located in eastern and northern Nevada, in parts of Elko, White Pine, Humboldt, Nye, and Lincoln counties. The section of the national forest is named after Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a famous early / mid-19th century Prussian / German multi-talented scientist and philosopher.
U.S. Forest Service The Hoover Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Inyo and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forests . It lies to the east of the crest of the central Sierra Nevada in California , to the north and east of Yosemite National Park - a long strip stretching nearly to Sonora Pass on the north and Tioga Pass on the south.
The Santa Rosa–Paradise Peak Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the southern part of the Santa Rosa Range in Humboldt County, in northern Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately 31,000 acres (13,000 ha), and is administered by the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest.
It was designed by the U.S. Forest Service architects and built by the Civilian Conservation Corps−CCC for the then named Humboldt National Forest]. The construction of the ranger station building started in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps was halted for several years but the work was resumed and completed in 1941.
The White Pine Range is a unit of the larger Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest administered by the US Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. [3] Ancient Bristlecone Pines below Currant Mountain. U.S. Route 50, the "Loneliest Road in America", crosses the range near its northern end at Little Antelope Summit (7,433 ft; 2,266 m).
The Wilderness lies within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and is therefore administered by the U.S. Forest Service. [1] Located just north of the Bald Mountain and White Pine Range Wilderness Areas, the Shellback Wilderness was created by the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2006. Moorman Ridge dominates ...
U.S. Forest Service The Grant Range Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Grant Range of Nye County , in the central section of the state of Nevada in the western United States . The Grant Range Wilderness encompasses an area of 52,600 acres (21,300 ha), and is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest .
The East Humboldt Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the East Humboldt Range of Elko County, in the northeast section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. The East Humboldt Wilderness covers an area of approximately 36,900 acres (14,900 ha), and is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.