Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness

Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in the U.S. state of Arizona. Established in 1984 under the Arizona Wilderness Act the area is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. This desert wilderness is a 12-mile stretch of the Grand Wash Cliffs encompassing escarpments, canyons, and sandstone buttes that make up the transition zone between the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Province.^[1]

Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Location	Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Mohave County, Arizona, US
Nearest city	Mesquite, NV
Coordinates	36°25′43″N 113°14′48″W
Area	37,030 acres (150 km2)
Established	1984 (1984)
Governing body	U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management

The elevation ranges from 2,650 feet (807 m) to 6,700 feet (2042 m). Vegetation includes an assortment of Mojave Desert shrubs below the cliffs as well as a pinyon-juniper woodland above. Wildlife in the area include gila monsters, desert tortoise, and desert bighorn sheep.^[2]

See also

• List of Arizona Wilderness Areas
• List of U.S. Wilderness Areas

References

1. Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness – BLM
2. Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness – Wilderness Connect

External links

• Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness Area – Parashant National Monument