Deseret Peak Wilderness, Protected wilderness area in Tooele County, United States.

Deseret Peak Wilderness is a semi-arid protected area in the Stansbury Mountains of Tooele County, Utah, part of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Elevations run from about 6,000 feet to the 11,031-foot limestone escarpment of Deseret Peak. Open basins and barren rocky ridges dominate the alpine high country, with Douglas-fir, alpine fir and aspen on high north-facing slopes and juniper, mountain brush, sagebrush and grass below.

The area received federal protection in 1984 through the Utah Wilderness Act, making it a permanently preserved natural landscape. This official protection marked an important turning point for conservation in the region.

The name Deseret comes from the Book of Mormon, where it means honeybee; Utah's early settlers adopted it for their proposed state. The wilderness lies next to the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation, and access from the west is limited by that boundary. Cattle still graze on range allotments in parts of the area, a use that continues alongside federal protection.

The main entrance is at South Willow Canyon, where five marked trails begin their routes into the area. These paths vary in difficulty and suit different fitness levels and interests.

The area sits where two different ecosystems meet, which means visitors find an unexpected variety of plant life in one place. Seeing desert plants and mountain forests side by side reveals how the landscape shifts between two completely different natural regions.