Mount Wilson (5,445 feet)

via Missouri Springs

(9 miles up and back)

Mount Wilson Wilderness, Arizona

The 23,900-acre Mount Wilson Wilderness is located in Mohave County, Arizona, about 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It encompasses eight miles of Wilson Ridge and its' summit. This is the most prominent mountain range in the Hoover Dam area.

February 13, 2006

01Lake Mead NRA border	02Mount Wilson in distance	03Road to the trailhead	04On road to the trailhead	05At the trailhead
06Elaborate trailhead sign	07By trail register	08Trail register	09Wilderness boundary	10Our hike begins here
11Lake Mead is in distance	12First lizard of the day	13On route to the springs	14Mistletoe- birds favorite	15Wash leading to the springs
16Hiking up the wash	17By Missouri Springs	18Missouri Springs	19By Missouri Springs	20By water tank for wildlife
21A Look ahead	22Water tank	23A Look back	24Missouri Springs	25Side-blotched Lizard
26View up the springs	27Red Barrel family	28Side-blotched Lizard	29Wildflowers	30Side-blotched Lizard
31The same lizard	32Here we hike out of the wash	33Hiking out of the wash	34Lake Mead in distance	35On route to another wash
36On route to another wash	37Photographing a lizard	38Lizard	39In the wash	40A look back in the wash
41Close-up of Temple Bar	42Hiking up the wash	43Moth	44On route up the wash	45On route up the wash
46Hiking up the wash	47Waterfalls	48By the waterfalls	49At the bottom of waterfalls	50Hiking up
51By the waterfalls	52By the small pond	53Small pond	54Aquatic plants in the desert	55Lizard