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Red Mountain Wilderness (Utah)

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has been documented at seven sites in the area, and the BLM estimates archeological site densities between 4 and 40 per square mile.
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Indian Reservation to the southwest. Approximately one-half of the wilderness is located within the recently designated
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deserts makes for unusually diverse vegetation in the Red Mountains Wilderness, which includes
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on the west, and by the Santa Clara River valley and Snow Canyon on the south and east.
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The namesake of the wilderness is Red Mountain, a great block of
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Map of wilderness areas in north-central Washington County, Utah
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Located six miles northeast of 14: 1022:Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail 680:Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge 182:is a 18,729-acre (75.8 km) 71: 64: 48: 21:Red Mountain Wilderness (Nevada) 233:The mixing of species from the 157: 102: 180:Red Mountain Wilderness (Utah) 135:37.242744533°N 113.702499954°W 1: 879:Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs 371:"The Red Mountain Wilderness" 303:List of U.S. Wilderness Areas 354:. 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Red Mountain Wilderness (Nevada)
IUCN category
wilderness area
A photo of red rocks and shrubs in the Red Mountain Wilderness
A map of the United State showing the location of the Red Mountain Wilderness
Washington County
Utah
USA
Ivins, UT
37°14′34″N 113°42′09″W / 37.242744533°N 113.702499954°W / 37.242744533; -113.702499954
Bureau of Land Management
wilderness area
Utah
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
St. George
Snow Canyon State Park
Shivwitz
Red Cliffs National Conservation Area
Paiute Indians
Navajo sandstone
Gunlock Fault
Mojave
Great Basin
pinyon pine
juniper
sagebrush
ponderosa pine
yucca
agave
Gambel oak

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