27px, we want 27. Please register or login . The high country along Wilson Ridge stands in places over 3,000 feet above the desert floor providing an eye-stretching view of Lake Mead and the colored cliffs and badlands, mountains and deserts in the distance.
Spring sometimes brings an eruption of wildflowers.
The Wilderness is almost completely surrounded by Lake Mead National Recreation Area, an area administered by the National Park Service. Backpack in and camp at numerous primitive sites. Fall to spring. Click here to find out how. Copyright Rodale, Inc. 2001.