Great Basin National Park - For Kids (U.S. National Park Service)

Great Basin National Park is a great place for kids

Marcia Phillips

Great Basin National Park is a GREAT place for kids to visit! Plus, you can learn & explore without the large crowds.

When you arrive, come to a visitor center and find out how you can become a Jr. Ranger.

There are many ways to have fun in the park!
>Click here for some ideas for activities and for information about Ranger-led Programs.

Marcia Phillips

"The National Park Service has been known to some as The Greatest University Without Walls"
Edward T. Linenthal

Need help with a research paper and want to know more about the features of Great Basin National Park and/or the Great Basin Desert? Just click on the links below and you just may find the answers to your questions:

>A Quick Look At Great Basin National Park Information handout (Word document; 8 pages).

>Nature & Science
Imagine a place where hot desert valleys meet mountain ranges with peaks soaring above 13,000 feet. Where prickly pear cactus, sagebrush, apsen, fragile alpine wildflowers and ancient bristlecone pines grow. Where mountains lions, Clark's nutcrackers, snakes, and jackrabbits roam. Such a place exists, not just in your imagination, but in living color in the Great Basin Region of the western United States.

>History & Culture
The story of the Great Basin is not just one of geology and landforms, but also of people. This region has been home to American Indians for thousands of years. In more recent times, farmers and ranchers, Mormons and sheepherders, all called the Great Basin home.

>Park Statistics
When was Great Basin National Park designated and many people visit the park per year?

>Brochures of Great Basin National Park
Maps, newspaper, and site bulletins covering various topics.

>Photo Gallery
View and use photos for class projects.