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Great Basin National Park is a national park of the United States located in White Pine County in east-central Nevada, near the Utah border, established in 1986. The park is most commonly entered by way of Nevada State Route 488 , which is connected to U.S. Routes 6 and 50 by Nevada State Route 487 via the small town of Baker , the closest ...
The mountain climbs to an elevation of 11,658 feet (3,553 m) and is in Great Basin National Park. Land near the summit and adjoining the national park was purchased in 2001 by The Long Now Foundation as a potential site for the Clock of the Long Now.
The peak is located in Great Basin National Park and 6.84 miles (11.01 km) south of Wheeler Peak. [3] It ranks as the seventh-highest peak in the park and 17th-highest in Nevada. [ 1 ] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 3,600 feet (1,097 meters) above Lincoln Canyon in 1.35 miles (2.17 km) and over 5,600 feet (1,707 meters ...
Death Valley National Park, notorious for its below sea level desert, also has soaring mountains, including Telescope Peak, its highest. This is a list of United States National Parks by elevation. Most of America's national parks are located in mountainous areas. Even among those located close to the ocean, not all are flat.
Download as PDF; Printable version ... situated at the base of Wheeler Peak within Great Basin National Park in the U.S. state ... an initial elevation of 9,800 feet ...
Great Basin National Park spans 77,000 acres of the much larger Great Basin, which stretches from Utah to California and up to Oregon. The park boasts one of the highest points in Nevada, ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Surface elevation: 10,275 ft (3,132 m) ... It is located within Great Basin National Park, ...
Wheeler Peak, elevation 13,065 feet (3,982 m), in Great Basin National Park. Timber Creek in the Schell Creek Range. White Pine County is a largely rural, mountain county along the central eastern boundary of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,080. [1] Its county seat is Ely. [2]