11 Facts About the Great Basin National Park You Need to Know


11 Facts About the Great Basin National Park

Rugged mountain peaks to vast underground caverns - A Place of Extremes

Extends 77,100-acre park and deceptively barren and desolate at a glance

Rich in plant and animal life.

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The rare Great Basin bristlecone pine grows here

some over 4000 years old!

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The highest point is Wheeler Peak, which stands 13,060 feet above sea level.

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The Lehman rock glacier is visible from the Glacier Trail and the Summit Trail

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The Bonneville cutthroat trout is the only trout species native to Great Basin National Park

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The park's famous Lehman Caves began forming around 2 to 5 million years ago

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The Townsend's big-eared bat call Great Basin home

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