New Water Mountains Wilderness - Quartzsite, AZ
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This area is characterized by strings of craggy spires, sheer rock outcrops, natural arches, slickrock canyons and deep sandy washes.
Black Mesa, a large volcanic butte rising 1,200 feet above the Ranegras Plain, dominates the western part of the wilderness. Vegetation is sparse with saguaro, creosote, ocotillo, and cholla dotting the hills and palo verde and ironwood lining the washes. The Wilderness is important desert bighorn sheep habitat, including the New Water and Dripping Springs lambing areas.
The Wilderness offers many types of primitive recreation, such as extended backpacking and hiking trips, day hikes, and watching wildlife. Opportunities to photograph and hunt deer and desert bighorn sheep, landscape photography, and rock collecting are plentiful.

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Facilities: There are no facilities provided here.

Best Time To Visit: This attraction is open year round.

Fees: There are no fees to enter this area.

Accessibility: This area is not accessible.

Rules: Some lands around and within the Wilderness are not federally administered. Please respect the property rights of the owners and do not cross or use these lands without their permission.

Directions: The rugged 24,600-acre New Water Mountains Wilderness is 10 miles east of Quartzsite and about four miles south of Interstate 10. Located adjacent to and north of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness, this area is characterized by strings of craggy spires, sheer rock outcrops, natural arches, slickrock canyons and deep sandy washes.

The western boundary of the wilderness can be accessed via the Gold Nugget Road south of Interstate 10 (exit 26). The north-central part of the wilderness can be reached by the Ramsey Mine Road south of Highway 60. The Kofa Wilderness forms the southern boundary of the New Water Mountains Wilderness.

Map: Click here for a map to New Water Mountains Wilderness

Reservations: Reservations are not accepted.

 
Address
Bureau of Land Management-Yuma Field Office
2555 East Gila Ridge Road
Yuma, Arizona 85365
Phone
General: (928) 317-3200
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