The United States Congress designated the Muddy Mountains Wilderness in 2002.

[1][2] The Muddy Mountains Wilderness area was a part of Mojave people's habitat.

[4] In the Muddy Mountains Wilderness, creosote, desert catalpa trees and rare plants like bear poppy can be seen.

Las Vegas buckwheat also thrives in the lower parts of the wilderness.

Animals like bighorn sheep, desert tortoise and Gila monsters also roam this area between the mountain.