• Night skies over Great Basin National Park

    Great Basin

    National Park Nevada

Stories

The history of Great Basin and Lehman Caves is rich with important, powerful, and colorful stories. These stories tell the past of the the desolate Great Basin. Check back often as we continue to add to this collection.

Did You Know?

Snow on Wheeler Peak

Precipitation patterns are highly variable in Great Basin National Park.  The wettest year on record at Lehman Caves was 21.2 inches of precipitation in 1982 and the driest year was 7.4 inches in 1953.