The Cabeza Prieta Wilderness is located in the
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert () is a hot desert and ecoregion in North America that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the Southwestern United States (in Arizona and California). It ...
in southwestern
Arizona
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in the
United States
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. Cabeza Prieta Wilderness Area has the distinction of being Arizona's largest Wilderness Area, encompassing nearly 93 percent of the
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and covering , larger than the land area of the state of
Rhode Island
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. It may be temporarily closed for training exercises of the
Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range.
It is also the reputed burial ground of famed environmentalist and author
Edward Abbey
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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.
See also
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List of Arizona Wilderness Areas
The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting of federal land . They are managed by four agencies:
*National Park Service (NPS)
*United States Forest Service (USFS)
*United States Fish and Wildlife Service ...
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List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
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Wilderness Act
The Wilderness Act of 1964 () is a federal land management statute meant to protect U.S. Wilderness Area, federal wilderness and to create a formal mechanism for designating wilderness. It was written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Socie ...
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Protected areas of the Sonoran Desert
Images
File:View in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona.jpg
File:El Camino del Diablo, 2004.jpg
References
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US Fish & Wildlife Service– Cabeza Prieta NWR
External links
Cabeza Prieta at Wilderness Connect
IUCN Category Ib
Protected areas of Pima County, Arizona
Sonoran Desert
Protected areas of the Sonoran Desert
Wilderness areas of Arizona
Protected areas of Yuma County, Arizona
1990 establishments in Arizona
Protected areas established in 1990