Great Basin is home to some of the oldest living organisms in the world — bristlecone pines. These gnarled, weathered trees can live to be over 4,000 years old. Read more about 10 Parks for Every Tree ...

You also get to see beautiful alpine lakes, ancient Bristlecone Pines (The major reason Great Basin became a National Park), ...

Great Basin NP is a designated International Dark ... elevation campground in the National Park System and is next to the ...

Under Wheeler Peak sits Nevada’s only glacier, still hanging on despite the state’s desert reputation. Scientists call it an ...

In the end, a compromise bill proposing a 76,000-acre Great Basin National Park, protecting not only Lehman Caves but also the bristlecone pine groves and alpine peaks and lakes of the Snake Range, ...