Great Basin National Park

Great Basin National Park
Stella Lake
Coordinates: 39 ° 0 ′ 36.4 ″  N , 114 ° 17 ′ 51.5 ″  W.
Location:	Nevada , United States
Next city:	Ely (Nevada)
Surface:	312.34 km²
Founding:	October 27, 1987
Visitors:	153,094 (2018)
Address:	Great Basin National Park

The Great Basin National Park [ ˌgreɪt ˈbeɪsən ] is located in eastern Nevada not far from the Utah border in White Pine County . The name comes from the desert of the Great Basin (Engl. Great Basin ), a dischargeless valley between the Sierra Nevada to the west and the Rocky Mountains is in the east.

The park is known for the occurrence of the long-lived pine ( Pinus longaeva ), which is the oldest known living creature (see for example: Prometheus ); also for the Lehman Caves , a stalactite cave at the foot of the Wheeler Peak .

Significant for the establishment of the park in the 1980s was the commitment of the then MP in the United States House of Representatives , Harry Reid .

Web links

Commons : Great Basin National Park  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• National Park Service: Great Basin National Park (official site; English)
• US National Parks Net: Great Basin National Park (English)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Dennis Myers: Harry Reid. In: Online Nevada Encyclopedia , October 14, 2010 (English).