The Darwin Falls Wilderness is a wilderness area in the northern Mojave Desert, and part of the National Wilderness Preservation System established by the California Desert Protection Act (Public Law 103-433) and managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The Darwin Falls Wilderness Area was established on October 31, 1994 with a total of 8,176 acres (33 km2).
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