Located in the Egan Range approximately two miles east of the town of Lund, the Wilderness was created by the "White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2006" and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

[1] The South Egan Range Wilderness protects the rugged, bristlecone pine-studded mountain spine running nearly the entire length of the White River Valley.

[2] In the southern third of the Wilderness, Long Valley forms an open bowl between high mountain ridges.

Rolling hills of pinyon and juniper forests and deep canyons of riparian vegetation round out the ecological and scenic diversity.

[3] The South Egan Range Wilderness provides important nesting habitat for golden eagles, kestrels, hawks, great horned owls, long-eared owls, turkey vultures, and hosts a large population of prairie falcons.