Quinn Canyon Wilderness

Quinn Canyon Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Quinn Canyon Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib



caption =
locator_x = 38
locator_y = 78
location = Nevada USA
nearest_city = Tonopah, NV
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 09
lat_seconds = 00
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 115
long_minutes = 41
long_seconds = 00
long_direction = W
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service
The Quinn Canyon Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Quinn Canyon Range of Nye County, in the central section of the state of Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately 27,000 acres (109 km²), and is administered by the Humboldt National Forest.

ee also

*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

External links

* [http://www.nevadawilderness.org/eastern/quinncyn.htm NevadaWilderness.org]


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