At night, visitors can enjoy exceptionally dark skies and excellent astronomy programs. Great Basin is home to some of the oldest living organisms in the world — bristlecone pines. These gnarled, ...

Dotting the vast, arid expanses of the Great Basin and Mojave deserts are precious springs housing improbable and rare forms of life that, while small, play a huge role in their ecosystems.

and the gateway to Great Basin National Park, Nevada’s only national park. Surrounded by a sea of public land in the high desert, Baker’s reputation far exceeds its stature. It’s well-known ...

Just outside of town is Great Basin National Park ... later used as a shelter for travelers moving through the Nevada desert.

The California deserts — the Mojave, Colorado and Great Basin — are prime habitat for a suite of rare and endangered species adapted to survive in these sun-drenched, windy wildlands. The iconic ...