The United States Congress designated the Arrow Canyon Wilderness in 2002 and it now has a total of 27,530 acres. All of the wilderness is in Nevada and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
The Arrow Canyon Wilderness contains three distinct land forms. The west side is a layered cliff face, several thousand feet high, marked by a distinctive dark gray band of limestone arcing across the length of the range. The north-central portion of the wilderness area contains a wide valley cut by numerous washes, while the east side is characterized by a series of deep washes, including the nearly vertical sides of Arrow Canyon. Arrow Canyon is several miles long and is confined between sheer canyon walls. The canyon is so deep and narrow in places that sunlight rarely reaches the bottom. The Habitat Type is southern desert shrub and creosote bush scrub communities. Mesquite and catclaw occurs in the washes.
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Approximately 35 miles north of Las Vegas, east of U.S. 93 and south of Nevada 168.
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