EXPLORE AVI KWA AME NATIONAL MONUMENT
The Avi Kwa Ame national monument spans over 506,000 acres of Mojave Desert lands, and includes countless wonders, plants and animals that call this place home.
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Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness
West of Searchlight, Nevada, Wee Thump (“ancient ones” in the Paiute language) is home to some of the oldest and largest Joshua trees on the planet.
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Walking Box Ranch
Walking Box Ranch was once owned by 1920’s film stars Rex Bell and his wife Clara Bow and was known as an escape destination for the couple’s Hollywood friends. (Bureau of Land Management)
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Newberry Mountains
These sections of the Newberry Mountains and Spirit Mountain contain dramatic, granitic mountains with a dazzling array of intact habitats and culturally significant sites.
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Grapevine Canyon
Home to hundreds of ancient petroglyphs and prominent rock shelters of the Mojave tribe, Grapevine Canyon is one of the finest petroglyph sites in Southern Nevada.
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Hiko Spring Canyon
This spring and canyon offers spectacular scenery, ancient Native American petroglyphs and stunning examples of local flora.
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Castle Mountains & Castle Peaks
These majestic rock formations are a signature vista from within the monument and are named for their striking appearance.
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Avi Kwa Ame mountain and the land within Avi Kwa Ame National Monument is considered sacred to at least twelve different local tribes, including the Mojave, Hualapai, Yavapai, Havasupai, Quechan, Maricopa, Pai Pai, Halchidhoma, Cocopah, Kumeyaay, Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) and Hopi. For the ten Yuman-speaking tribes, Spirit Mountain is considered their origin place.
We offer gratitude for the land itself, for those who have stewarded it for generations, and for the opportunity to protect, advocate for, learn from, and be in community with this land.