Great Basin National Park: A Guide to the Park and Surrounding Area

by Gretchen M. Baker

Great Basin National Park is in large part a high-alpine park, but it sits in one of America’s driest, least populated, and most isolated deserts. That contrast is one facet of the diversity that characterizes this region. Within and outside the park are phenomenal landscape features, biotic wonders, unique environments, varied historic sites, and the local colors of isolated towns and ranches. Vast Snake and Spring Valleys, bracketing the national park, are also subjects of one of the West's most divisive environment contests, over what  on the surface seems most absent but underground is abundant enough for sprawling Las Vegas to covet it—water.

332 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2012

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gretchen writes in a clear, concise manner. She makes some difficult science understandable for the lay person. I was expecting a dry read and was pleasantly surprised by her style. Anyone interested in the area near Great Basin NP should read this book. You will learn a lot of facts to enhance your visit.