Peer into eternity by getting as far away as possible from human civilization in eastern Nevada's Great Basin National Park.

The Great Basin includes most of Nevada, the western half of Utah, part of eastern California, and southeastern Oregon. It is named the “Great Basin” because none of the water within it drains out to ...

The oldest tree species is the Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva). The oldest tree of the species is named Methuselah and is more than 4,800 years old. The longevity of the Great Basin ...

62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park in one year. Avid backpacker and public-lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in ...

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I sped across a golden basin full of sagebrush and edged by hillsides spotted with pinyon and juniper trees. We were at mile 135 of a 400-mile drive across Nevada’s high desert to Great Basin National ...

For a number of reasons, I tend to steer clear of national parks. Take Yosemite, for example: While the place is undeniably one of a kind, a trip to one of the national forests or wilderness areas ...

I’m standing on the shores of Summer Lake, or, to be more accurate, what used to be a lakeshore but is now a dry lakebed in Oregon’s high desert. I’m here with a group of writers, scientists and ...