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Aubrey Peak Wilderness

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Aubrey Peak Wilderness

Bureau of Land Management
DesignationWilderness
StateAZ
Managed byBureau of Land Management
Best seasonApr–Nov
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Map showing the location of Aubrey Peak Wilderness

About Aubrey Peak Wilderness

The 15,400-acre Aubrey Peak Wilderness is located in Mohave County, 70 miles south of Kingman, Arizona and 40 miles east of Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The wilderness contains imposing landforms carved into a variety of brightly colored volcanic rhyolites, tuffs, and basalt. Aubrey Peak, a large cliff-encircled mesa, dominates the eastern portion of the wilderness, along with numerous other large mesas, buttes and volcanic plugs. Water and wind have carved the soft volcanic rock in this area into natural windows, tufa caves, spires, slickrock terraces, and tinajas, deep water-filled potholes. The Aubrey Peak Wilderness encompasses a portion of a Mohave/Sonoran Desert transition zone. Stands of large saguaro, paloverde, ironwood and smoke trees, typical Sonoran Desert species, often merge w

Things to do

HikingWildernessBackpackingBirdingStargazingDispersed camping

When to go

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Best Apr–NovAverage low–high: 56–81°FAverage monthly sunny share of daylight: 77%1.0 wet days / month
Weather data & source

Each figure averages the highlighted months. 2018–2023 averages, not a forecast. Wet days estimate days with at least 1 mm of rain or snow using a calibrated ERA5 threshold. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (AWS Open Data, CC BY 4.0). ERA5 via Open-Meteo AWS Open Data

Plan your visit

Aubrey Peak Wilderness is managed by Bureau of Land Management. Check current conditions, permits, and reservations before you go.

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