Great Basin National Park is a national park in White Pine County near the Utah border in eastern Nevada which is renowned for its groves of ancient bristlecone pines, which are the world’s oldest known nonclonal organisms. Established in 1986, the park is named after the dry and mountainous region between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Mountains known as the Great Basin, and features the Lehman Caves, which are found at the base of 13,063-foot Wheeler Peak, and the Wheeler Peak Glacier. The Great Basin National Park lies next to the Highland Ridge Wilderness, and these two protected areas make up 227.8-square-mile contiguous wildlife habitat and protection.
Great Basin National Park, Nevada
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