Great Basin National Park

Location: Nevada

Year Established: 1986

Area: 77,180.00 acres (312.3 km2)

Annual Visitors: 107,526

Based around Nevada's second tallest mountain, Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park contains 5,000-year-old bristlecone pines, a rock glacier, and the limestone Lehman Caves. It also enjoys some of the country's darkest night skies. Animals which call the park home include Townsend's big-eared bat, pronghorn, and Bonneville cutthroat trout.