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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 ...
In the U.S. state of Nevada, U.S. Route 93 (US 93) is a major United States Numbered Highway traversing the eastern edge of the state.The highway connects the Las Vegas area to the Great Basin National Park, and provides further connections to Ely and Wells.
The highway descends to Spring Valley, then crosses the Snake Range at Sacramento Pass, north of Nevada's second-highest mountain, Wheeler Peak, where a branch road accesses Great Basin National Park. Beyond the pass, US 6 passes just north of Baker, a Mormon farming community and reaches the Utah state line. US 6/US 50/US 93 concurrency in Ely
Great Basin National Park is located in eastern Nevada, less than five miles away from the small town of Baker, which has fewer than 250 residents, according to the U.S. Census.
Tours of the caves are offered year round by the National Park Service. Higher up on the glacial moraine is a grove of ancient Great Basin Bristlecone Pines of great age. A Bristlecone Pine named Prometheus , which was at least 4,862 years old and the oldest known non- clonal organism, grew here before it was inadvertently cut down in 1964 as ...
Great Basin’s remote location makes it one of the least visited national parks in America. But it’s also what makes it so special.
In Baker, the route intersects Lehman Caves Road , which is the gateway to Great Basin National Park. Leaving the town, SR 487 continues northwesterly through more desert lands. The route ends at the intersection of US 6/US 50, approximately seven miles (11 km) west of the Nevada–Utah state line. [2]
Wheeler Peak Glacier is a glacier situated at the base of Wheeler Peak within Great Basin National Park in the U.S. state of Nevada. [2] It is the only glacier in the state, and one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States. [3]