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IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)

Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness Location in the United States
Location	Clark County, Nevada, U.S.
Nearest town	Searchlight, Nevada
Area	6,489 acres (26 km²)
Established	2002 (2002)
Governing body	U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness is a designated (2002) wilderness area in Nevada. It comprises 6,050 acres (2,450 ha) and has an expanse of old-growth Joshua trees. "Wee Thump" means "ancient ones" in the language of the Paiute people. This Bureau of Land Management wilderness is a few miles west of Searchlight, Nevada. The wilderness is part of Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, designated in 2023.

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