The Basin and Range National Monument is a vast and rugged landscape that redefines our notions of distance and space and where opportunities for solitude abound. About two hours north of Las Vegas, the 704,000-acre monument includes Garden and Coal valleys, the Worthington and Seaman Mountains, the Golden Gate and Mount Irish ranges, Hiko and White River narrows; and Shooting Gallery rock art site.

The first national monument managed by BLM in Nevada, the Basin and Range National Monument provides for all types of outdoor recreation, including climbing, hiking, bicycling, camping, hunting, OHV riding (except in the Worthington Mountains Wilderness) and more.

The Basin and Range National Monument was created by Presidential Proclamation on July 10, 2015 because of its unique geologic, natural, cultural, and scientific resources and values.

Source: BLM Website (March 2023)

Establishment Basin and Range National Monument — July 10, 2015

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The contents of brochures, site bulletins and trading cards (denoted with a colored caption) can be viewed by clicking on the cover. Most modern-day brochures, however, are cover only (denoted by a white caption) due to photograph copyrights. These items are historical in scope and are intended for educational purposes only; they are not meant as an aid for travel planning. The dates under each brochure do not reflect the complete range of years that a particular brochure was issued.

Mt. Irish Rock Art Date Unknown

Shooting Gallery Rock Art Date Unknown

White River Narrows Rock Art Date Unknown

Annual Manager's Report—Fiscal Year 2016, Basin and Range National Monument (Alicia Styles, December 9, 2016)

Annual Manager's Report—Fiscal Year 2020, Basin and Range National Monument (Alicia Styles, January 14, 2021)

Annual Manager's Report: 2021, Basin and Range National Monument (Alicia Styles, Robert Hickerson, Daniel Condie and Michael Irving, 2021)

Annual Manager's Report: 2022, Basin and Range National Monument (Alicia Styles, Daniel Condie, Robert Hickerson and Michael Irving, 2022)

Cultural Resources in the Proposed Basin and Range National Monument, Lincoln and Nye Counties, Nevada (Rebecca H. Schwendler, PaleoWest Archaeology, February 19, 2015)

Map (BLM, c2015)

Map (BLM, undated)

Map (BLM, 2021)

Mount Irish Cultural Resource Protection and Visitor Improvements Environmental Assessment (June 2020)

Mount Irish Recreation Site Environmental Assessment (June 2020)

Proclamation 9297—Establishment of the Basin and Range National Monument (Barack Obama, July 10, 2015)

Public Scoping Report, Basin and Range National Monument Resource Management Plan (2017

Rock Art Guide, Lincoln County, Nevada (undated)

Understanding Cliven Bundy: Using Narrative, Geographic, and Visual Empathy in Public Lands History (Leisl Carr Childers, extract from Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 88 No. 2, Spring 2020, ©Board of Trustees of the University of Illinios and Utah State Historical Society)

Vegetation Map (June 22, 2016)