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Nevada's One And Only Glacier Thrives On This Wild Great Basin National Park Trail Through Ancient Forests

You might not immediately associate Nevada with ancient glaciers, yet 77,180-acre Great Basin National Park is home to the state's only glacier, a relic dating back to the last glacial period. Due to ...
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This Nevada national park is so empty, it doesn't even have an entrance fee

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 ...
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Great Basin National Park's Lehman Caves to close for at least 6 months

Remote and less-traveled Great Basin National Park will be without one of its top attractions — a marble and limestone wonder known as the Lehman Caves — until at least late spring of next year, the ...