Nice description of Great Basin National Park. It is remote, but it is worth the drive. I would comment where at the 8:20 mark he describes Hwy 50, also known as "the Loneliest Road in America" as straight, flat and nothing but sagebrush, a "boring" drive. Having driven that highway many times, yes it is lonely because there are few towns. However it is anything but flat. Rather is a series of basins, bisected by mountain ranges running north/south. Travelling across the Silver State you'll see pinyon pine, if your lucky mustangs and pronghorn antelope, and of course Nevada's state flower, the ubiquitous sagebrush. As someone told me once, to find beauty in this mountain bisected desert, you must appreciate God's earth tones.
I would have loved to see wild Mustangs!! We traveled from Salt Lake City on Highway 50 and it was pretty flat. I see from the maps that travel west from Baker goes through some mountain ranges running north-south so I can see Highway 50 would be more interesting going west from Baker.
This is a very informative video. My family visit here every summer from California to enjoy the nature and solitude that the park has to offer. The darkest night sky, bristlecone trees, Wheeler Peak, Lehman’s Cave, ... they are fabulous
Yes. It's a long drive to get to, but you do feel like you are away from it all. I was really looking forward to the dark sky while we were there but we were unlucky to have a couple of cloudy nights so no stars for us during this trip 😟
Thank You. A beautiful video in which you give clear and accurate information, but let nature speak for herself without all the silly hype. New Subscriber : )
I disagree with the drive! I LOVE Highway 50!! It's amazingly beautiful! The highways in Nevada are immaculate and if you take the time to look, there is a lot to see!! Maybe if you would have stopped to check out some of the sights along the way, you would have been surprised. The Nevada desert is incredible! Great Basin is best for hiking, trail running and camping because it's so quiet!
Absolutely agree that Great Basin is underrated. The mountain, the cave, and the trees, not to mention the hikes. It feels far from bigger cities but it's really not THAT far.
I liked your coverage of Great Basin, one of my favorite National Parks. There is also a guided hike to the Glacier, a little higher up in the Snake Range. You mentioned the lower part of the Park and the surrounding area as lonely and boring, which it certainly is. In the lower reaches of the Park, [[ down in the sagebrush ]] there are wild horses, although they are seldom seen. Also, during the warm summer months, there are fireflies to be seen there at night. One of the very few places in the West I've ever seen them.
Great video! I subscribed to your channel to follow to National Park adventure! My husband and I have spent the last 5 years visiting all 418 US National Park units (only 4 left) - this includes monuments, battlefields, etc. So we are Park fanatics too.
Wow!! only four left on the much bigger list!!! There is so much to see! We have 4 parks in Alaska (the four you can't reach by road), American Samoa, and Virgin Islands left. That must have been so much fun to not only see the National Parks, but all the units managed by NPS. I subscribed to you channel as well and started to look at the videos. Great videos ! Also check out the blog at journey2allnationalparks.com
Journey to All National Parks Are you a member of Park Stamps.org? Could possibly hook up with someone there to share the cost. We have finished all the ones you have yet to visit so feel free to ask questions about visiting. If you tent camp, Katmai (my fav of all) - you can stay for $10 per night. And it is the fly out place to Aniakchak
@@NationalParksExplorers Thanks! will check out the site. Katmai is our next park in July, 2019. Had to get into the "lottery" back in December, 2017 to get a room at Brooks Lodge during July 4th. Very much looking forward to it!! There is a live cam that can be mesmerizing to watch when the salmons are jumping. It's not active now (Nov. 2018) because the bears are sleeping but check it out in the spring. explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls
Along hwy 50, about halfway from the Park to civilization, there is a turn-off on a dirt road labelled "U-dig Trilobites". We highly recommend doing that, bit its a long and dusty drive. I also really liked the trail to Stella Lake besides the Bristlecone Pine trail, which was awesome.
@@JourneytoAllNationalParks no I just recently came back from Dixie national forest. I was camping at panguitch lake. Think I'm gonna try to go there next year.
We were there around 9/20 and the leaves are beautiful golden color in the upper parts of the park near the peak. The lower parts were still green. I'd imagine late Sept / early Oct would be a great time to go. See the pictures at around the 6:50 mark of the video for what it looked like on 9/20.
When did you visit GBNP? You mentioned fall in the video, and published 11/28, but they had a bunch of snow this year in October. Curious because we were going to be there in Oct. but had to cancel last minute. It looks beautiful!
We visited Sept 20-21, 2018. The leafs were beautiful, especially against the green patches of evergreens. More write up with details and pictures at the blog site: journey2allnationalparks.com/parks/great-basin-national-park/
@@JourneytoAllNationalParks do you think the shield formations happened when the cave was formed and minerals were layered or deposited upwards instead of downwards. This could only happen rapidly and under immense temperatures and a fully submerged fissure. Then, the formations would be a few thousands years old, not millions, and we only know stalagmites take a century to grow a few inches because there's no more plate movement forcing water and minerals into concentrated streams
Nice description of Great Basin National Park. It is remote, but it is worth the drive. I would comment where at the 8:20 mark he describes Hwy 50, also known as "the Loneliest Road in America" as straight, flat and nothing but sagebrush, a "boring" drive. Having driven that highway many times, yes it is lonely because there are few towns. However it is anything but flat. Rather is a series of basins, bisected by mountain ranges running north/south. Travelling across the Silver State you'll see pinyon pine, if your lucky mustangs and pronghorn antelope, and of course Nevada's state flower, the ubiquitous sagebrush. As someone told me once, to find beauty in this mountain bisected desert, you must appreciate God's earth tones.
I would have loved to see wild Mustangs!! We traveled from Salt Lake City on Highway 50 and it was pretty flat. I see from the maps that travel west from Baker goes through some mountain ranges running north-south so I can see Highway 50 would be more interesting going west from Baker.
Agreed!!!!!! It's my favorite highway to drive on!!!!!!
Thank you for taking the time to produce this informative video as a helpful introduction to Great Basin NP.
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i appreciate how informative this video was. great basin is truly underrated
It is very much underrated probably because it's just harder to get to than the parks around her.
Amazing video
Thank you so much! It was a pleasure listening to you!👍
Our pleasure!
Awesome! I just booked my room for this September. Your video makes me super excited.
Don't forget about star gazing. Hopefully, you are visiting when the sky is clear and near new moon.
@@JourneytoAllNationalParks Yes! I just got new binoculars just for that reason.
This is a very informative video. My family visit here every summer from California to enjoy the nature and solitude that the park has to offer. The darkest night sky, bristlecone trees, Wheeler Peak, Lehman’s Cave, ... they are fabulous
Yes. It's a long drive to get to, but you do feel like you are away from it all. I was really looking forward to the dark sky while we were there but we were unlucky to have a couple of cloudy nights so no stars for us during this trip 😟
Thank You. A beautiful video in which you give clear and accurate information, but let nature speak for herself without all the silly hype. New Subscriber : )
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Enjoyed the video. We visited the cave a few weeks ago and loved it.
Great to hear! How did you like the rest of the park?
@@JourneytoAllNationalParks There are some wonderful hiking trails. Need to go back when I have more time to spend there.
Instead of the 3000 you should have 3 million subscriber
LOL I think so too! Share the joy and maybe I can get to 10,000!
I disagree with the drive! I LOVE Highway 50!! It's amazingly beautiful! The highways in Nevada are immaculate and if you take the time to look, there is a lot to see!! Maybe if you would have stopped to check out some of the sights along the way, you would have been surprised. The Nevada desert is incredible! Great Basin is best for hiking, trail running and camping because it's so quiet!
Absolutely agree that Great Basin is underrated. The mountain, the cave, and the trees, not to mention the hikes. It feels far from bigger cities but it's really not THAT far.
Bristle cone pines are not grotesque in my mind they have a weathered look that implies they possess some ancient wisdom. Truly a facinating tree
Amazing to think about how how they've been there.... puts our lifetime on this earth in perspective.
Thanks for posting this, very informative. Always a thumbs up video
Thank you. Glad it was informative
Wonderful video. Thank you fir creating and sharing!
You are welcome
Thank you - Glad to do it and it was fun!
Thank you for this great video!
You are so welcome!
I liked your coverage of Great Basin, one of my favorite National Parks. There is also a guided hike to the Glacier, a little higher up in the Snake Range. You mentioned the lower part of the Park and the surrounding area as lonely and boring, which it certainly is. In the lower reaches of the Park, [[ down in the sagebrush ]] there are wild horses, although they are seldom seen. Also, during the warm summer months, there are fireflies to be seen there at night. One of the very few places in the West I've ever seen them.
Thanks for the tips!
Great video! I subscribed to your channel to follow to National Park adventure! My husband and I have spent the last 5 years visiting all 418 US National Park units (only 4 left) - this includes monuments, battlefields, etc. So we are Park fanatics too.
Wow!! only four left on the much bigger list!!! There is so much to see! We have 4 parks in Alaska (the four you can't reach by road), American Samoa, and Virgin Islands left.
That must have been so much fun to not only see the National Parks, but all the units managed by NPS. I subscribed to you channel as well and started to look at the videos. Great videos !
Also check out the blog at journey2allnationalparks.com
Journey to All National Parks Are you a member of Park Stamps.org? Could possibly hook up with someone there to share the cost. We have finished all the ones you have yet to visit so feel free to ask questions about visiting. If you tent camp, Katmai (my fav of all) - you can stay for $10 per night. And it is the fly out place to Aniakchak
@@NationalParksExplorers Thanks! will check out the site. Katmai is our next park in July, 2019. Had to get into the "lottery" back in December, 2017 to get a room at Brooks Lodge during July 4th. Very much looking forward to it!! There is a live cam that can be mesmerizing to watch when the salmons are jumping. It's not active now (Nov. 2018) because the bears are sleeping but check it out in the spring. explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls
Thank you for this video.
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Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Thanks for telling me everything I need to know to plan a great trip.
Have fun when you visit.
thanks for posting
You're welcome
Very informative! Thank You!
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Along hwy 50, about halfway from the Park to civilization, there is a turn-off on a dirt road labelled "U-dig Trilobites". We highly recommend doing that, bit its a long and dusty drive. I also really liked the trail to Stella Lake besides the Bristlecone Pine trail, which was awesome.
Thanks for sharing!!
Just found your channel and really love it!
Yay! Thank you!
great video!!
Thanks! Have you been there or plan to go?
@@JourneytoAllNationalParks no I just recently came back from Dixie national forest. I was camping at panguitch lake. Think I'm gonna try to go there next year.
Cannot wait to visit this place!!! When do you recommend going to capture the Fall leaves?😍🍂
We were there around 9/20 and the leaves are beautiful golden color in the upper parts of the park near the peak. The lower parts were still green. I'd imagine late Sept / early Oct would be a great time to go. See the pictures at around the 6:50 mark of the video for what it looked like on 9/20.
good someone scratched out that horribel word. :)
When did you visit GBNP? You mentioned fall in the video, and published 11/28, but they had a bunch of snow this year in October. Curious because we were going to be there in Oct. but had to cancel last minute. It looks beautiful!
We visited Sept 20-21, 2018. The leafs were beautiful, especially against the green patches of evergreens. More write up with details and pictures at the blog site: journey2allnationalparks.com/parks/great-basin-national-park/
It’s is cool
I was going to do a start a TH-cam channel for my exploration of the US and hiking, what do you use to edit your videos?
I use Davinci Resolve. It's free for the non-professional version and it's got more stuff than I can use!
Journey to All National Parks thank you!
Hi
They're grotesque..... Grotesquely sexy
Agree - grotesquely beautiful.
dont forget the glacier!
Oh, yes... the southernmost glacier in the US.
@@JourneytoAllNationalParks do you think the shield formations happened when the cave was formed and minerals were layered or deposited upwards instead of downwards. This could only happen rapidly and under immense temperatures and a fully submerged fissure. Then, the formations would be a few thousands years old, not millions, and we only know stalagmites take a century to grow a few inches because there's no more plate movement forcing water and minerals into concentrated streams
Nothing to see. So boring. Bristlecones are grotesque. Yeah don't come here. Also learn how to say Nevada right 🙄
Did I say they were grotesque?