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Cabeza Prieta Wilderness

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Visitors to Cabeza Prieta Wilderness are advised to avoid touching or tampering with any undetonated bombs, and no vehicle travel is permitted off of designated public use roads.
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and covering 803,418 acres (3,251.32 km), larger than the land area of the state of
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It is also the reputed burial ground of famed environmentalist and author
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Index

IUCN category
wilderness area
Map showing the location of Cabeza Prieta Wilderness
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Arizona
Yuma, AZ
32°16′5″N 113°25′11″W / 32.26806°N 113.41972°W / 32.26806; -113.41972
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Sonoran Desert
Arizona
United States
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Rhode Island
Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
Edward Abbey
List of Arizona Wilderness Areas
List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
Wilderness Act
Category: Protected areas of the Sonoran Desert


"Burying Edward Abbey: The last act of defiance"
"Death"
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Defenders of Wildlife
Cabeza Prieta at Wilderness Connect
Categories
IUCN Category Ib
Protected areas of Pima County, Arizona
Sonoran Desert

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