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Mount Nebo
About the Area
The Mount Nebo Wilderness was established under the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978. It comprises approximately 27,010 acres.
The Mount Nebo Wilderness Area contains the highest point in the entire Wasatch Range, Mount Nebo, at 11,877 feet. Wilderness elevation starts at 5,400 feet and climbs through mountain valleys and meadows broken by moderate to steep ridges.
The hike to the summit of Mount Nebo will take you through great biological diversity, beginning with a sagebrush-cliffrose association, to mountain brush (oakbrush and mahogany), aspen, and white fir, then spruce and alpine fir, until you reach the timberline and an alpine zone with primrose, alpine moss, and tundra plants.
Bobcats, mule deer, elk, and moose are commonly seen; black bears and mountain lions exist but are seldom seen because of their elusive nature. Devil's Kitchen Geologic Site, a unique sandstone outcrop is adjacent to the eastern wilderness boundary.
For further information, please contact the Spanish Fork Ranger District at (435) 623-2735
or the Public Lands Information Center at (801) 466-6411.