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Great Basin National Park is a national park of the United States located in White Pine County in east-central Nevada, near the Utah border, established in 1986. The park is most commonly entered by way of Nevada State Route 488 , which is connected to U.S. Routes 6 and 50 by Nevada State Route 487 via the small town of Baker , the closest ...
Wheeler Peak, elevation 13,065 feet (3,982 m), in Great Basin National Park. Timber Creek in the Schell Creek Range. White Pine County is a largely rural, mountain county along the central eastern boundary of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,080. [1] Its county seat is Ely. [2]
The peak is located in Great Basin National Park and 6.84 miles (11.01 km) south of Wheeler Peak. [3] It ranks as the seventh-highest peak in the park and 17th-highest in Nevada. [ 1 ] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,600 feet (1,097 meters) above Lincoln Canyon in 1.35 miles (2.17 km) and over 5,600 feet (1,707 meters ...
Great Basin National Park spans 77,000 acres of the much larger Great Basin, which stretches from Utah to California and up to Oregon.. The park boasts one of the highest points in Nevada, Wheeler ...
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Stop by Great Basin National Park while driving the "Loneliest Road in America." Emily Hart For a road-trip experience unlike any other, I recommend driving the "Loneliest Road in America."
Great Basin National Park — in White Pine County, within the Great Basin region, in eastern Nevada. Preserving Great Basin Desert xeric habitats, to alpine flora habitats that include ancient Great Basin Bristlecone Pine ( Pinus longaeva ) .
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