El Paso Mountains Wilderness (Black Mountain)

BLM wilderness in the northern Mojave anchored by Black Mountain (5,244 ft), an extinct volcanic high point rising above dark mesas, reddish buttes, and narrow canyons. The El Paso range holds some of the oldest nonmarine fossils reported in the West (ancient camel- and horse-like mammals) and classic badland topography of lava-capped mesas eroded into colorful washes east of Red Rock Canyon / Randsburg country.