Kiavah Wilderness
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IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
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| Location | Kern County, California |
| Nearest city | Ridgecrest, California |
| Coordinates | 35°37′20″N 118°06′46″W / 35.62222°N 118.11278°WCoordinates: 35°37′20″N 118°06′46″W / 35.62222°N 118.11278°W |
| Area | 88,290 acres (357.3 km2) |
| Established | 1994 |
| Governing body | U.S. Forest Service , Bureau of Land Management |
The Kiavah Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area located in the Mojave Desert, Scodie Mountains, and Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in Kern County, California, United States. California State Route 178 connects the town of Lake Isabella, California to state Highway 14 in the east, crossing Walker Pass at the north boundary of the wilderness.
The Kiavah Wilderness was created in 1994 with the passage of the California Desert Protection Act (Public Law 103-433), is jointly managed by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and is mostly within the Sequoia National Forest. This wilderness is part of the National Cooperative Land and Wildlife Management Area and the BLM's Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern, which was designated to protect critical wildlife and Native American values.
It is located west of Inyokern, California and 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Bakersfield, California. There are 88,290 acres (357.3 km2) of wilderness with 702 acres (2.84 km2) partially roaded nonwilderness.
Located on a broad plateau rising immediately south of the Walker Pass in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, are the Scodie Mountains. The highest peaks are Skinner Peak (7,073 ft) in the south and Pinyon Peak (6,768 ft) in the north. Many canyons cut through the flanks of the plateau except in the north which has an abrupt 3,000-foot (910 m) escarpment.
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