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Great Basin National Park
The caves are a fairy-tale kingdom of stalactites, stalagmites, and other crystal formations created over the centuries by mineral-rich water

  The Great Basin National Park was established in 1986 on Eastern Nevada. In the rugged mountains of eastern Nevada lies a little-known world of alpine meadows, glacial lakes, aspen forests, and hidden caverns. This is Great Basin National Park, in the heart of the vast Great Basin region.

Wheeler Peak, in the South Snake Range, dominates the park. It rises 13,063 feet above the desert lowlands, which are covered with hardy sagebrush. Starting at about 6,000 feet, the slopes are covered by a pygmy forest of juniper and pinyon trees. The Native Americans of the region ate the pinyon nuts and used the sap of the trees as a  glue in their moccasins.

At about 11,000 feet, the point where vegetation ceases, hikers find the twisted forms of bristlecone pines. These stunted trees, which are up to 4,000 years old, are among the oldest living things on earth. Another unusual attraction in the park is Lehman Caves, a spectacular series of limestone caverns on the eastern flank of Wheeler Peak.
The caves are a fairy-tale kingdom of stalactites, stalagmites, and other crystal formations created over the centuries by mineral-rich water.

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