Wheeler Peak Glacier, Great Basin National Park

Name: Wheeler Peak Glacier
Address: Great Basin National Park, United States

#8 among attractions in Great Basin National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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Wheeler Peak Glacier, Great Basin National Park

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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. It has been called the southernmost glacier in the Northern Hemisphere but is much further north than Mount Everest and glaciers of the Himalaya and also further north than Palisade Glacier in California. At a height of 13,063 feet Wheeler Peak is the tallest mountain in the Snake Range and the second tallest mountain in Nevada. The mountain top is also considered to be a horn, a peak carved and shaped by glaciers over a long period of time. ()

Length: 1056 ftCoordinates: 38°59'9"N, 114°18'50"W

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Wheeler Peak Glacier – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

1.2 miN
Natural attraction, Body of water, Park
Teresa Lake, Great Basin National Park
32 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.
5.2 miE
Area
Great Basin Desert, Great Basin National Park
134 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.
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Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park
1 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.
1.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Stella Lake, Great Basin National Park
36 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.
4.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Washington, Great Basin National Park
125 min walk • Mount Washington is a mountain in White Pine County in the state of Nevada. The mountain climbs to an elevation of 11,658 feet and is in Great Basin National Park.
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Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Snake Range, Great Basin National Park
1 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.
3.2 miS
Interesting neighbourhood
Johnson Lake Mine Historic District, Great Basin National Park
81 min walk • The Johnson Lake Mine is a former tungsten mine located within the boundaries of Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada. Located on the east slope of the southern Snake Range at an elevation above 10,000 ft, the 100 acres historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
5.3 miE
Neighbourhood
Lehman Orchard and Aqueduct, Great Basin National Park
136 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.