Usually, when you are out in the Great Basin National Park, you have a lot of options and things that you can do. You can go out the area nearby to go wildlife watching. In the park itself, you can see a lot of variety of birds to observe or even take pictures of. Speaking of photography, you can even bring your Polaroid or digital camera and take pictures at your favorite place like the outside of the Lehman caves. Exercise those limbs and goes mountain biking. How about getting your fishing rod and baits out and go fishing? Or even create a bonfire while camping!

Getting into Adventure

But if you really are adventurous, outgoing, down to earth and want to go and experience the adventure of a lifetime, take the Great Basin National Park hiking tours! Hiking would surely make you enjoy your stay and even make you appreciate the beauty of little things along the way.

Hiking trails in the Great Basin National Park most of the time is in an elevation of 10,000 feet, so it would be advised that you bring appropriate clothing and hiking tools since the temperature tends to change while going up. Another thing is wear the right footwear since you would probably stumble upon sharp or large rocks along the way.

Since hiking is also a rigorous and very tiring activity, make it a point to bring a jug or even a liter of water. In case of injuries like a scrape on the knee or elbow, bring a first aid kit, even a pouch will do that will contain a bandage or gauze, beta dine or alcohol and a microspore tape.

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A prepared hiker will also have a park map to make sure they don’t get lost. Know also the different hiking trails that you and your companions can take. Here are some of the trails that you can hike on:

• The Lehman Creek Trail which starts from the Upper Lehman Creek Campground which is 6.5 km in length.

• The Visitor Center Nature at 400 km.

• The Lexington Arch that is 1.6 km long.

• Bristlecone Pine Glacier which extends to the Wheeler Peak Cirque which boasts an undeviating body of ice amidst the Wasatch Range and the Sierra Nevada.

• The Mountain View trail which is at the same length like the Osceola Ditch trail at 0.4 km.

These trails are just a few of the trails that you can explore while hiking. There are a lot more. Be free to ask around or ask for recommendations from a ranger at the Great Basin National Park.

Take note though that you might meet a Great Basin Rattlesnake. Just in case you see one, do not panic, instead, remain calm and wait for the snake to escape. These Great Basin Rattlesnakes are venomous but it is less likely that they would attack a human unless you try to catch them. These rattlesnakes are common on the grassy parts of the area, so as a safety precaution, don’t stick your hand or foot that might be too dark since it might be a home of one.

Great Basin was often mistaken for a bleak wilderness but its terrain offers a vast diversity of flora and fauna. This is a great place to experience true solitude with the scenic view of the mountain and nature. And for the millions of people who visited Nevada just to experience the neon casinos of Las Vegas will be surprised that in just 250 miles north rest an enduring snowfields and a small glacier on Wheeler peak, the central attraction of the Great Basin National Park .

Enormous Views and Sceneries

The peak varied wildlife zones and enormous views over the distant mountain and desert scenery which make a pleasurable change from the dull grey-green, sagebrush-covered plains that was extended over much of the state. The park has another unique attraction in the Lehman Caves. The visitors of the Lehman Caves will have the chance to see stalactites and stalagmites and draperies as well as some extraordinary cave formations called helictites or the formation of calcite that arch and seem to resist gravity.

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The tour on the cave was guide by a park ranger to explain the history and geology of the cave. Lehman Cave is a cavern system which provides a bountiful beauty of limestone’s formations. And at the Lehman Caves Gift and Café, visitors can enjoy good food and drinks and homemade ice cream, sandwiches served by their friendly employees. And their gift shop offers a variety of Great Basin and Lehman Cave souvenirs from adult and children’s t-shirts to books, toys, CD, Native American themed jewelry and gifts, pottery, and travel supplies.

The Great Basin National park provides opportunities for various activities depending on what interest you most. You can see the best sights of the place by hiking. You can follow the scenic drive to the base of the Wheeler Peak; park guests can enjoy the magnificent view that the Great basin has to offer such as the Snake Creek that flows through aspen groves beneath the limestone outcroppings and the Strawberry Creek that runs through stands of aspen trees and open meadows.

Great Exploration Ideas

You can also enjoy extensive backpacking trips even though there are a number of certain routes on the park, you can still explore the fragile alpine areas without trails. But backpackers should be prepared to hike cross-country on a difficult to follow routes or drainages, ridges and other natural features so it is really recommended that you have the skill in map reading to any off-trail travel in the park.

The park has an evening campfire programs that were held nightly during summer season at the Lehman Creek Campground and on Friday and Saturday evenings in Wheeler Peak Campground.

Park visitors can also enjoy horseback riding permitted only on some trails and mountain biking is allowed on a selected motor vehicle roadways. And if you want to go on fishing in the lakes of the park, it is required to get a Nevada fishing license. Though the Great Basin National Park is probably least known National park in southwest, there are so many great places and things that you can truly enjoy once you visit this place.