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	Great Basin National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Basin National Park is a United States National Park, located in east-central Nevada near its border with Utah.
		Great Basin National Park - National Parks Gallery
		The park derives its name from the Great Basin, the dry and mountainous region between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Basin_National_Park (175 words)

	Great Basin National Park
		Great Basin National Park, located in the eastern portion of the state of Nevada, preserves a small section of America's vast Great Basin.
		Great Basin is one of America's newest national parks as well, having been established on October 27, 1986.
		The Great Basin itself is a vast area of the western United States located primarily between the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, including areas of Utah, Nevada, California, Idaho, and Oregon.
	www.shannontech.com /ParkVision/GreatBasin/GreatBasin.html (989 words)

	NvWF Places - Great Basin National Park
		The glacier is nestled in a great U-shaped basin at the foot of the 2,000-foot cliffs on Wheeler's northeast face.
		Great Basin National Park, established in 1986, preserves a diverse environment including palatial limestone caves, Nevada's largest glacier, and stands of bristlecone pine, the world's oldest tree.
		The Great Basin is a huge dry region of the western United States, which consists of 90 alternating valleys and mountain ranges.
	www.nvwf.org /nevada/places/pl_gb.htm (580 words)

	Deal ends cattle grazing at Great Basin National Park
		The park also boasts stands of bristlecone pine, the oldest trees species on Earth, abundant wildlife, the Lehman Caves, and the only glacier in the Great Basin, a vast area that stretches from eastern California to the Wasatch Range in Utah.
		Great Basin National Park, 370 miles east of Reno near the Utah line, was created in 1986.
		Deal ends cattle grazing at Great Basin National Park
	www.gamebird-alliance.org /artcit12-17-99.html (423 words)

	Great Basin National Park - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Great Basin was first set aside as a national monument in 1922 to protect the caves.
		Because of its isolation, the park is one of the least visited in the national park system.
		The park's mountains are glorious with streams and lakes, and thick stands of pinyon pine, ponderosa pine, bristlecone pine (the oldest trees in the world,) alpine fir and mountain mahogany.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,30000010,00.html (272 words)

	Great Basin National Park, Nevada
		Great Basin National Park is located in eastern Nevada, about sixty miles east of Ely.
		The Great Basin, a huge area of the western United States immensely greater than that of the park, derives its name from the fact that it is an area of interior drainage; in other words all its waterways drain into desert flats, not into the sea.
		As usual, neither the National Park Service National Parks Pass nor the Golden Eagle Pass cover the cost of cave tours.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/natparks/grbasin.htm (405 words)

	Great Basin National Park Hiking Page
		Great Basin National Park, in cooperation with Trout Unlimited, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada Division of Wildlife, the Ely District Bureau of Land Management, and the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, is working to restore the Bonneville cutthroat trout to approximately eighteen stream miles within the South Snake Range.
		Great Basin National Park is charged with a mission to provide for public enjoyment of the park AND to protect the park's natural resources.
		Great Basin rattlesnakes hibernate in dens, southern exposed rock outcrops, during the winter, emerging in May to bask in the spring sun.
	www.great.basin.national-park.com /hike.htm (9118 words)

	Great Basin National Park - Environment - US-Parks.com
		Great Basin National Park is only a small part of the Great Basin region.
		The high elevation of Great Basin National Park results in greater precipitation at higher levels leading to a wide diversity of plant and animal life.
		The uplift of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the west create a rain shadow and make the Great Basin the desert that it is. Because of the northern latitude and relatively high elevations, the Great Basin is considered a cold desert.
	www.us-parks.com /great_basin/environment.html (830 words)

	Great Basin National Park
		Great Basin National Park is home to Nevada's only glacier and the oldest bristlecone pine in the state (4,900 years +).
		The park has miles of trails and routes, lakes and creeks, caves and bats, yet it's America's least visited national park.
		Baker is located 6 miles west of the park.
	www.hikinglasvegas.com /Great_Basin.htm (257 words)

	Great Basin National Park
		Because so much of the Great Basin region is relatively undeveloped, a visit to this national park is one of the only ways to see and learn more about this area's geology, life zones, and history.
		Lehman Caves at the Great Basin National Park is one of the most highly decorated caves in the United States.
		Great Basin National Park is Audubon Important Bird Area
	www.greatbasinheritage.org /gbnp.htm (738 words)

	Great Basin National Park : Introduction Frommers.com
		Great Basin National Park, located along the Utah-Nevada border, provides an intimate glimpse of a vast, rugged section of America, with ample opportunities for outdoor (and underground) adventures.
		Like most of the American West's national parks, Great Basin offers ample activities to keep you busy for at least a week, and it is strongly suggested that you plan to spend at least 1 full day in the park.
		Founded in 1986, this park not only looks out at the Great Basin's expanse of desert and mountains from the summit of 13,063-foot Wheeler Peak, but also descends beneath the earth's surface for a subterranean tour among the intricately and delicately formed stalactites, stalagmites, and other exotic formations in the unreal world of Lehman Caves.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/greatbasinnationalpark/2285010001.html (484 words)

	Great Basin National Park
		Great Basin National Park was established in 1986 as a tribute to the unique region called the Great Basin in the western United States.
		Rather than being one large basin as the name implies, the Great Basin is actually a series of tremendous mountain ranges and wide valleys spread out over Nevada, Utah, and portions of California, Oregon, and Idaho.
		The national park contains and exemplifies many of these features through spectacular mountain peaks, verdant meadows, pure alpine lakes and crystal streams, mesmerizing caves of limestone, and striking views at every turn.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2033/places/42595 (281 words)

	Great Basin National Park
		At 13,063 feet, Wheeler is the second-highest peak in Nevada, and it's the centerpiece of gorgeous Great Basin National Park, a relatively new park dedicated in 1986 and still frequently overlooked by the average tourist.
		The air is fresh and crisp, the sky a rich deep blue, and for miles in front of you lie long-distance vistas of the Great Basin Desert, row upon row of chunky, rugged peaks and huge, wide, dry valleys.
		If you like your national parks in the middle of nowhere, then this 77,000-acre beauty -- offering loads of wilderness for hiking, fishing and camping -- is right up your alley, as it gets fewer visitors annually than Yosemite does in two weeks.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/07/18/TRG7F7LEM21.TMP&type=printable (503 words)

	SLCVB - Great Basin National Park
		Great Basin is home to streams, lakes, alpine plants, wildlife, ancient bristlecone pine forests, and limestone caves, including the Lehman Caves.
	www.visitsaltlake.com /cgi-bin/display_business_detail.cgi?member_id=1764 (33 words)

	Sunset: Our newest national park, Nevada's Great Basin - Great Basin National Park
		Great Basin National Park comprises theformer Lehman Caves National Monument, Wheeler Peak Scenic Area, and additional lands of Humboldt National Forest.
		It's the first national park to be established in the conterminous United States in 15 years, the first ever for Nevada.
		Supporters saw desert-to-alpine sceneryeasily deserving of national park status, and visitor dollars benefiting the region.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_v178/ai_4790504 (1381 words)

	Great Basin Virtual Travel in 598 images
		Great Basin was designated a national park on October 27, 1986 covering 77,180 acres of the Snake Mountain Range in eastern Nevada.
		Great Basin National Park is named after a large area of the Rocky Mountains which is unique in the fact that no rivers flow out of it and into the ocean.
		In the last ice age, the mountains of the Great Basin were covered with glaciers and the basins were occupied by lakes and inland seas.
	www.untraveledroad.com /USA/Parks/GreatBasin.htm (298 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Great Basin National Park
		Great Basin National Park, created in 1986, consists of the former Lehman Caves National Monument, the former Wheeler Peak Scenic Area and lands that were once part of Humboldt National Forest.
		Great Basin also offers backcountry hiking to alpine lakes, a bristlecone pine grove, a glacier, streams and meadows.
		The park has four developed campgrounds, one of which is open year-round, and two primitive camping areas.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/2518gd.htm (272 words)

	Great Basin National Park - Nevada State Park -
		Great Basin National Park Virtual Field Trip - Great Basin National Park, Nevada Virtual Field Trip Great Basin National Park, far from any population centers, is one of the most remote National Parks in the lower 48 states.
		From the sagebrush at its alluvial base to the 13,063-foot summit of Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park includes streams, lakes, alpine plants, abundant wildlife, a variety of forest types including groves of ancient bristlecone pines, and numerous limestone caverns, including beautiful Lehman Caves.
		Lehman Caves - Great Basin National Park - DesertUSA - Lehman Caves - Great Basin National Park - DesertUSA...
	www.stateparks.com /great_basin.html (473 words)

	Nevada - Great Basin National Park
		The foothills of the park are at an elevation of 6,000 feet - part of the Great Basin Desert of Nevada, an area dry for most of the year and characterised by long wide valleys interspersed by narrow mountain ridges running generally north-south.
		Just beyond the park entrance, a ten mile scenic drive ascends 3,400 feet into the mountains, with excellent views of the surrounding forests and canyons, and across to the desert in the distance.
		Approach: The park is close to US 50, supposedly 'The Loneliest Road in America', and the only trans Nevada route that crosses into Utah for 210 miles, between I-80 in the north and NV 319/UT 56 further south.
	www.americansouthwest.net /nevada/great_basin/national_park.html (452 words)

	Park Museum Collection Profiles (NPS)
		Archeological objects systematically recovered from within the park's boundaries and associated field records; Speleotherm collection; historical objects related to Lehman Cave and other areas of the park; historic photographs; herbarium housing plant specimens collected within the park and associated field records.
	data2.itc.nps.gov /museum/mcollectiondetail.cfm?area=co&alphacode=grba (41 words)

	Great Basin National Park Hotels
		From the sagebrush at its alluvial base to the 13,063-foot summit of Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park includes streams, lakes, alpine plants, abundant wildlife, a variety of forest types including groves of ancient bristlecone pines, and numerous limestone caverns, including beautiful Lehman Caves.
		Established on March 1, 1872, Yellowstone National Park is the first and oldest national park in the world.
		An outstanding mountain wildland with clean water and air, Yellowstone is home of the grizzly bear and wolf, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk.
	www.nationalparkhotelguide.com /great_basin_hotels.html (324 words)

	Worldisround - Nevada - Great Basin National Park - National Parks in Nevada photos
		Great Basin National Park, near Baker, Nevada, is one of the more isolated national parks in the Lower 48 states, but it is well worth the drive.
		National Parks in Nevada- travel photos - Great Basin National Park, near Baker, Nevada, is one of the more isolated national parks...
		According to the map, there are also campgrounds to the west in the Humboldt National Forest between Great Basin NP and Ely, NV
	www.worldisround.com /articles/2008 (300 words)

	Brian Head Chamber of Commerce -- The Official Home of Brian Head, Utah
		From the sagebrush at its alluvial base to the 13,063-foot summit of Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park includes streams, lakes, alpine plants, abundant wildlife, a variety of forest types including groves of ancient Bristlecone pines, and numerous limestone caverns, including beautiful Lehman Caves.
		Established in 1986, Great Basin National Park is one of our nation's newest national parks.
		The surrounding area was called the Great Basin by explorer John Fremont in the mid-1800s because the rivers flow inland creating a basin or valley.
	www.brianheadchamber.com /greatbasin.html (355 words)

	Wildernet - Great Basin National Park
		Attractions - From the sagebrush at its alluvial base to the 13,063-foot summit of Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park includes streams, lakes, alpine plants, abundant wildlife, a variety of forest types including groves of ancient bristlecone pines, and numerous limestone caverns, including beautiful Lehman Caves.
		No public transportation is available to, or in, Great Basin National Park.
		Areas of this immense National Forest are scattered throughout Nevada.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaid=nvnpgrba&cu_id=127 (593 words)

	Great Basin National Park.
		Location of Great Basin National Park on a world map.
		The location of a Visitor Center on a map of Great Basin National Park.
		Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
	www.pickatrail.com /sun/g/america/great_basin_national.html (222 words)

	Permit Buyout in Great Basin National Park
		Great Basin National Park was the setting for one of the best examples of voluntary federal grazing permit buyout.
		National Park Service, Grazing in the Great Basin: A Connection to the Land
		The National Public Lands Grazing Campaign used the Great Basin example and others to model a national voluntary federal grazing permit buyout program.
	www.permitbuyout.net /greatbasin.htm (236 words)

	Get Outdoors - State and National Park, Forest, and Monument Finder
		From the sagebrush at its alluvial base to the 13,063-foot summit of Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park includes streams, lakes, alpine plants, abundant wildlife, a variety of forest types including groves of ancient bristlecone pines, the 75-foot limestone Lexington Arch, and numerous limestone caverns, including beautiful Lehman Caves.
		Get Outdoors - State and National Park, Forest, and Monument Finder
		Lehman Caves National Monument was proclaimed on January 24, 1922.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /getoutdoors/destination_summary/24.html (178 words)

	Great Basin National Park
		In 2002 I visited Great Basin National Park again.
		OR you may buy the National Parks CD, which has on it all of the National Parks photos on this site, plus many more -- over 470 altogether -- in a larger size, suitable for viewing full screen or printing your own enlargements.
		The green area at the right is the little town of Baker at the park entrance.
	www.mind.net /dlmark/NPgreatbasin.htm (179 words)

	See America's National Parks
		Please note: The National Park Service does not control and cannot guarantee the relevance, timeliness, or accuracy of the materials provided by other agencies or organizations, nor does the NPS endorse other agencies or organizations, their views, products or services.
	nps.seeamerica.org/pmgr?link=http://travel.discovery.com/convergence/majesticamerica/interactives/parks/greatbasin.html (40 words)

	Great Basin National Park -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		large, spectacular cavern at Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada, U.S. The cave lies 5 miles (8 km) west of Baker at the base of the eastern slope of Wheeler Peak (13,063 feet [3,982 metres]) in the Snake Range.
		Visit the wildlife and geysers of Yellowstone National Park, where the concept of preserving wilderness was born.
		The area, previously part of Humboldt National Forest, was made into a national park in 1986.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9037839?tocId=9037839 (889 words)

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