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National Parks - Nevada

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Great Basin National Park
Includes an ancient bristlecone pine forest, 13,000-foot Wheeler Peak, numerous limestone caverns, streams, lakes, and abundant wildlife.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Three of America's four desert ecosystems--the Mojave, the Great Basin, and the Sonoran Deserts--meet in this first national recreation area established by an act of Congress. Official site of the National Park Service.

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