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Cabeza Prieta Wilderness

Protected area in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona

Summary

Protected area in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona

Field	Value
name	Cabeza Prieta Wilderness
iucn_category	Ib
map	USA
relief	1
location	Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona, United States
nearest_city	Yuma, AZ
coordinates
area_acre	803,418
established	1990
governing_body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Cabeza Prieta Wilderness is located in the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona in the United States. 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 803418 acre, larger than the land area of the state of Rhode Island. 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.

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.

Images

File:View in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona.jpg File:El Camino del Diablo, 2004.jpg

References

US Fish & Wildlife Service – Cabeza Prieta NWR
Defenders of Wildlife

References

Wikipedia Source

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