Osceola Ditch, Great Basin National Park

Name: Osceola Ditch
Address: Great Basin National Park, United States

#9 among attractions in Great Basin National Park

Sightseeing

Gallery (3)

Map

Gallery

Osceola Ditch, Great Basin National Park

Facts and practical information

The Osceola Ditch, also known as the East Ditch, was built in 1889–1890 to convey water from Lehman Creek, Nevada to a hydraulic mine operation at Osceola. Extending for 18 mi, the ditch includes a 600 ft tunnel as well as wooden flumes. The project also includes a rock dam and headgate on Stella Lake. The ditch's terminus at Osceola, Nevada became disused during the early 1900s and was destroyed entirely by a fire in the 1940s. Much of the East Ditch is included within Great Basin National Park. ()

Built: 1890 (134 years ago)Coordinates: 39°1'48"N, 114°17'28"W

Address

Great Basin National Park United States

ContactAdd

Social media

Add

Great Basin Nationa...

Day trips

Osceola Ditch – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Teresa Lake, Great Basin Desert, Wheeler Peak, Stella Lake.

2.1 miSW
Natural attraction, Body of water, Park
Teresa Lake, Great Basin National Park
55 min walk • Teresa Lake is a glacial tarn in the Snake Range of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is located within Great Basin National Park, just north of Wheeler Peak. It is a prominent feature along the park's Alpine Lakes Loop Trail.
4.2 miSE
Area
Great Basin Desert, Great Basin National Park
107 min walk • The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Range. The desert is a geographical region that largely overlaps the Great Basin shrub steppe defined by the World Wildlife Fund, and the Central Basin and Range ecoregion defined by the U.S.
3.3 miS
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park
84 min walk • Wheeler Peak is the tallest mountain in the Snake Range and in White Pine County, in Nevada, United States. The summit elevation of 13,065 feet makes it the second-highest peak in Nevada, just behind Boundary Peak.
2.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Stella Lake, Great Basin National Park
58 min walk • Stella Lake is a glacial tarn in the Snake Range of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is located within Great Basin National Park, just north of Wheeler Peak. It is a prominent feature along the park's Alpine Lakes Loop Trail. Stella, Teresa, Brown, Baker, Johnson, and Dead lakes are tarns.
3.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Snake Range, Great Basin National Park
84 min walk • The Snake Range is a mountain range in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. The south-central portion of the range is included within Great Basin National Park, with most of the remainder included within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
3.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Wheeler Peak Glacier, Great Basin National Park
84 min walk • Wheeler Peak Glacier is a glacier situated at the base of Wheeler Peak within Great Basin National Park in the U.S. state of Nevada.
4.2 miE
Neighbourhood
Lehman Orchard and Aqueduct, Great Basin National Park
109 min walk • The Lehman Orchard and Aqueduct were established by Absalom Lehman, the discoverer of Lehman Caves in what would become Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada.