About this place
The Wabayuma Peak Wilderness covers 40,000 acres in Mohave County, 20 miles southeast of Kingman.
Wabayuma Peak stands over it at 7,601 feet.
Massive ridges run out from the peak in a semicircle, north, south and west. They drop nearly 5,000 feet to the desert floor.
That much height in that little distance gives you a broad spread of ecosystems.
Down low the plants are a mixture of Sonoran and Mohave Desert species. Higher up it is Arizona chaparral. On the summits there is ponderosa pine forest.
Desert scrub to pine forest. You can walk through both in the same day.
The rugged ground is on a scale that guarantees hard, interesting walking, and there is backpacking, horse riding and nature study on top of that. It rewards staying out several nights.
For anyone who likes looking at plants and animals, a lot is packed into not much ground.
The north and northwest sides cannot be reached legally. The roads in cross private property at several points.
Every route in wants high clearance and four-wheel drive.
Water is usually there at the springs marked on topographic maps, but purify anything you take from them before you drink it.
Summer heat here can be dangerous if you are not ready for it, and that holds even at the higher elevations.
October through May is more moderate. Snow can lie in winter, and it can make the higher ground hard or impossible to reach.
Follow the rules for the area, and leave no trace, so it stays that way.
Motors and machines are generally banned on any federal land designated as wilderness. That covers motor vehicles and off-highway vehicles, motorboats, bicycles, hang gliders, wagons, carts and portage wheels. Landing an aircraft or a helicopter counts too.
Ask the agency if you need more on the rules. The detail matters in a wilderness, and getting it wrong carries a penalty.
Some of the land around the wilderness, and inside it, is not federal. Do not cross it or use it without the owner’s permission.
The facts
- Cost
- Free to camp
- Roads around it
- High clearance four-wheel drive on every route. No legal way in from the north or northwest
- Stay limit
- 14-day limit
- Drinking water
- No treated supply. There are springs on the topographic maps, but purify anything you take
- Type
- Open area. Camp anywhere within it
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Rules and restrictions
How long you can stay
In Arizona the limit on public land is 14 days in any 28. A sign or a notice can set a different limit in a particular place.
Getting there
You will want a high-clearance four-wheel drive on every route below.
Boriana Canyon access: go west on Interstate 40 from Kingman for about 23 miles. Take Exit 25, the Yucca and Alamo Road exit. Follow the signs for Alamo Road, heading south and east from the interchange for 3.2 miles. Turn left onto Boriana Mine Road and drive another 9.9 miles. The wilderness boundary is on your left, to the northwest.
Southwest boundary access: the same start. Interstate 40 west from Kingman about 23 miles, Exit 25, then Alamo Road south and east for 3.2 miles. Turn left onto Boriana Mine Road, but this time drive only 4.5 miles. Turn left onto Suzette Road and go north 1.37 miles. Turn right and head east for 0.6 miles, then turn left and head northeast. The wilderness boundary runs east of the road for about a mile.
Or carry on north up Suzette Rd for 1 mile. At the crossroads, go straight on or turn right. The boundary is north of that road for about a mile in either direction.
Coordinates 34.960242, -113.993024
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What is near here
A few more of our own spots are within reach of this one, along with some better-known places.
- Route 66 Oatman Road Back Country Byway Directions
- Warm Springs Wilderness Directions
- Havasu National Wildlife Refuge Directions
- Hualapai Peak Directions
- Mount Nutt Wilderness Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Yucca, AZ Directions
- Kingman, AZ Directions
Kingman is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Have you been here?
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Bureau of Land Management’s own records, read in August 2026; opened and read by a person on 2026-08-27.