There are 221 BLM Wilderness Areas totaling 8,736,691 acres of land. These numbers exclude wilderness associated with other agencies. Let’s take a look at the BLM Wilderness areas that are in the path of totality for the 2045 solar eclipse. Please note: we only recommend using BLM lane if your follow the rules and always pack out your trash.

Of the 221 potential sites to see the 2045 sites, there are 29 sites in totality! There are 2 additional sites that have 99% coverage that are potential staging grounds to use to go visit somewhere that does have totality.

State	Number Of Wilderness Areas
California	6
Colorado	5
Nevada	17
Utah	2

Nevada has the most with wilderness areas with 17. The wilderness with the longest totality time is the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness with 5 minutes and 2 seconds of totality.

Site	State	Length of Totality	Totality Times
Becky Peak Wilderness	Nevada	4 minutes, 51 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:23:52 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:26:17 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:28:43 am
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness	Colorado, Utah	5 minutes, 2 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:31:06 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:33:37 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:36:08 am
Black Rock Desert Wilderness	Nevada	2 minutes, 25 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:20:43 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:21:55 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:23:08 am
Bristlecone Wilderness	Nevada	3 minutes, 57 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:23:49 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:25:47 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:27:46 am
Calico Mountains Wilderness	Nevada	3 minutes, 30 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:19:38 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:21:23 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:23:08 am
Cedar Mountain Wilderness	Utah	3 minutes, 41 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:26:31 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:28:22 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:30:12 am
Dominguez Canyon Wilderness	Colorado	4 minutes, 42 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:32:03 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:34:24 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:36:45 am
East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness (Southern Parts)	Nevada	3 minutes, 24 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:19:41 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:21:23 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:23:05 am
Goshute Canyon Wilderness	Nevada	4 minutes, 50 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:23:34 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:25:59 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:28:24 am
Government Peak Wilderness	Nevada	4 minutes, 25 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:24:34 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:26:46 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:28:59 am
Gunnison Gorge Wilderness	Colorado	4 minutes, 46 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:32:50 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:35:13 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:37:36 am
High Rock Canyon Wilderness	Nevada	43 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:20:54 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:21:16 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:21:37 am
High Rock Lake Wilderness	Nevada	2 minutes, 33 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:20:10 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:21:27 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:22:43 am
Highland Ridge Wilderness (Northern Part)	Nevada	2 minutes, 26 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:25:15 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:26:28 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:27:41 am
Ishi Wilderness	California	4 minutes, 22 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:16:23 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:18:34 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:20:45 am
King Range Wilderness	California	4 minutes, 16 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:14:12 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:16:20 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:18:28 am
Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness	Nevada	2 minutes, 19 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:20:07 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:21:17 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:22:26 am
Mount Moriah Wilderness	Nevada	3 minutes, 41 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:24:53 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:26:43 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:28:34 am
North Jackson Mountains Wilderness	Nevada	100%	No totality time
Pahute Peak Wilderness	Nevada	2 minutes, 26 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:20:26 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:21:39 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:22:52 am
Powderhorn Wilderness	Colorado	3 minutes, 17 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:34:40 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:36:18 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:37:57 am
Rocks and Islands Wilderness	California	4 minutes, 13 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:14:10 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:16:17 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:18:23 am
South Egan Range Wilderness	Nevada	4 minutes, 4 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:23:45 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:25:47 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:27:49 am
South Fork Eel River Wilderness	California	3 minutes, 48 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:14:47 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:16:41 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:18:35 am
South Jackson Mountains Wilderness	Nevada	2 minutes, 25 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:20:56 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:22:08 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:23:21 am
Uncompahgre Wilderness	Colorado	2 minutes, 42 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:34:28 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:35:49 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 10:37:10 am
White Pine Range Wilderness	Nevada	1 minute, 25 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:24:26 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:25:08 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:25:51 am
Yolla Bolly–Middle Eel Wilderness	California	4 minutes, 19 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:15:14 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:17:23 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:19:33 am
Yuki Wilderness	California	2 minutes, 30 seconds	Full begins:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:15:56 am Maximum:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:17:11 am Full ends:Aug 12, 2045 at 9:18:26 am

Some that are close include:

Site	State	Percentage Covered
Fortification Range Wilderness	Nevada	99.41%
Cache Creek Wilderness	California	99%

Here’s a map that provides this information in a visual form.

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