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Great Basin National Park

IUCN category II: National Park International Dark Sky Park National Park of the United States National Wildlife Refuge National park Nature reserve Protected area

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Great Basin National Park, National Park in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.

GreatBasinNationalParkisanationalparkinWhitePineCounty,easterNevada,protectinglimestonecaves,tallstandsoftreesandthe13,063-foot(4,000-meter)WheelerPeak.Thegroundstretchesacrossmanyelevationzones,fromadesert-likebasetothealpine tundranearthetopp.

Congressestablishedtheareaasanationalparkin1986toprotectancientpineforestsandtheLehmanCavesfromdegradation.Thelandservedforacenturiesasopengrazingranchinggroundsbeforepeoplerealizeditswildernessvalue.

ThenameoftheparkreferstothevastdesertlandscapeoftheGreatBasinregion,whichshapesmostofeasternNevada.Thebristleconepinesintheparkareoftenregardedaslivingwitnessestothepassageoftime,assomeoftheoldestknowntreesonEarthgrowattheseelevations.

Theparkoffersfivecampingareassomeequippedwithwaterandrestroomsotherwithbasicservices.Weathershiftsgreatly,fromverywarmintentowvalleystocoldatheighterelevations,sopacklayersfordifferentconditions.

Thethincrystallineshieldformationsinthesystemofthegrottocountsomongtheamostrariscavestructuresearth.Theseratingsdevelopveryslowlyfrommineral-richwaterthatdropsoverbuldgingúrockledges.

Location: White Pine County

Inception: 1987

Operator: National Park Service

Part of: Central Nevada

Website: https://nps.gov/grba

GPS coordinates: 39.00580,-114.21970

Latest update: December 12, 2025 17:54

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Panoramic ViewPhoto license: Commons CC-BY-SA

At nightPhoto author: National Park Service
Photo license: Public domain

Photo author: James R Bouldin
Photo license: Public domain

National parks and monuments in Southwestern US

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The southwestern United States encompasses desert landscapes, sandstone formations and archaeological sites from several pre-Columbian cultures. The region spans Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado, featuring geological structures shaped over millions of years by wind and water erosion. National...

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Great Basin National Park

Great Basin National Park, National Park in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.

National parks and monuments in Southwestern US

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Lexington Arch

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Baker Peak

Lehman Caves Visitor Center

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Deadman Point

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Rock Glacier

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Meadow Views

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