page_title: Worthington Mountains
section_title: Wilderness area
hierarchical_section_title: Worthington Mountains / Wilderness area
caption_attribution_description: English: A map of the Worthington Mountains Wilderness, Nevada
context_page_description: The Worthington Mountains is a small 12 miles long north-south trending mountain range in northwestern Lincoln County, Nevada. The range is bounded by the Sand Spring Valley to the west and Garden Valley to the east. The Quinn Canyon Range lies to the northwest, the Golden Gate Range lies to the east and the Timpahute Range lies to the south and southeast.
  The range has two prominent peaks: Worthington Peak at 8,983 feet near the north end and Meeker Peak at 8,766 feet near the south end. The surrounding basins have elevations of 4,900 to 5,900 feet. There is no surface water and few springs within the range.
  The Worthington Mountains are within the Basin and Range National Monument, created by President Barack Obama in 2015.
context_section_description: Worthington Mountains Wilderness Area was created by the U.S. Congress in 2004 and consists of most of the Worthington Mountains. The wilderness area encompasses 30,664 acres (124.09 km²) of the range and the extensive alluvial fans on the western slopes of the mountains. Worthington Peak is on the northern border of the wilderness.  The northernmost part of the range, north of Worthington Peak, includes an old mining area and is outside of the wilderness. The wilderness ranges from 4,900 feet (1,500 m) to 8,968 feet (2,733 m) in elevation.
  The Bureau of Land Management says that "no other Nevada area expresses the wilderness characteristics of stark beauty, chaotic topography, and remoteness quite as well as the Worthington Wilderness." The terrain consists of jagged peaks and ridges, narrow canyons, and steep escarpments sloping down to the washes and the desert floor.
  The most notable attraction of the wilderness is probably Leviathan Cave just northeast of Meeker Peak. The cave is reached by a difficult informal two-plus miles long trail which climbs the east side of the range.  The cave is located at 7,800 feet (2,400 m) in elevation and entrance requires ropes to descend a 30-foot vertical drop.  The cave contains stalactites and stalagmites and is about 350 yards (320 m) long.  In the 2000-2010 period only about 40 people annually visited the cave.
caption: Worthington Mountains Wilderness, Nevada
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