{"id":6411,"date":"2012-10-24T07:36:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T13:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6411"},"modified":"2025-03-28T06:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:26:20","slug":"some-scenic-views-from-within-great-basin-national-park-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/24\/some-scenic-views-from-within-great-basin-national-park-nevada\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenic views from within Great Basin National Park, Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ViewView of Wheeler Peak from Mather Overlook, Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn’t have much luck photographing birds and wildlife last week in Great Basin National Park<\/a> which is located in White Pine County, Nevada but I did take plenty of images of the scenery and the fall colors. This image was taken at the Mather Overlook (9,000 feet elevation) and shows Wheeler Peak (13,063 feet elevation) which is part of the South Snake Range. \u00a0The mountain ranges in the Great Basin Region<\/a><\/span> are called “sky islands” and they are separated by “seas” of deserts.<\/p>\n

\"ViewView of Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area in the Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest from Great Basin National Park, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n

While driving down from Mather Overlook there are great views of the Mt. Moriah Wilderness Area<\/a><\/span> in the northern part of the Snake Range.<\/p>\n

\"FallFall colors near Snake Creek, Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n

Poplars and Aspens provided splashes of yellows in the autumn landscape, these Poplars were along Snake Creek. The area also had Pinyon Pines, Junipers, Sagebrush and Rabbitbrush. By the way, the pine nuts from the Pinyon Pines in the area are delicious.<\/p>\n

\"AnotherAnother view from Snake Creek, Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n

The geological features of Great Basin National Park fascinated me, the mountains, streams, playas, rock formations and deserts kept drawing me into the wilderness and I imagined what life was like here for the early settlers and the Shoshone, Fremont People and Paleo-Indians that lived there before them.<\/p>\n

\"ViewView from near the Shoshone Trail, Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n

At higher elevations the Aspens had already lost their leaves.<\/p>\n

\"RoadRoad to the Shoshone camping area, Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n

I loved the quietness of the Snake Creek area roads that lead up to the Shoshone Camping Area, this area is away from the busier main section of the park and there are far fewer people in the area.<\/p>\n

\"BareBare aspen view at the Shoshone camping area, Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada<\/span><\/p>\n

I spotted some Mule Deer grazing while peering into this Aspen grove. I half expected to see a Bobcat cross the dirt road on the way up and as I stood taking this image I wish I could have heard the trumpeting\u00a0calls of the Elks. Or the scream of a Mountain Lion.<\/p>\n

The beauty of the area touched me deeply as I wandered around listening to the sound of Snake Creek coursing down the slope touching the stark white bark of the Aspens along with the pungent smell of Sagebrush.<\/p>\n

I’m very glad to have visited and seen the treasures of Great Basin National Park.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t have much luck photographing birds and wildlife last week in Great Basin National Park which is located in White Pine County, Nevada but I did take plenty of images of the scenery and the fall colors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1885,1886],"tags":[1919,4490,4360,1918,1916,4035,4487,1920,1921,4491,1913,1915,1917,1914],"class_list":["post-6411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great-basin-national-park","category-nevada","tag-aspen","tag-humboldt-toiyabe-national-forest","tag-landscape-photography","tag-mather-overlook-2","tag-mt-moriah-wilderness-area-2","tag-nature-photography","tag-nevada","tag-poplar","tag-scenic-views","tag-shoshone-camping-area","tag-snake-creek","tag-snake-mountain-range","tag-wheeler-peak-2","tag-white-pine-county-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/great-basin-national-park-shoshone-mia-mcpherson-3132.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-1Fp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6396,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/10\/21\/weird-and-wacky-fence-post-decor-great-basin-national-park-nevada\/","url_meta":{"origin":6411,"position":0},"title":"Weird and Wacky Fence Post Decor – Great Basin National Park, Nevada","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On the drive up to Great Basin National Park & Lehman Caves there were fence post decorations that made me laugh every time I went by them.","rel":"","context":"In "Great Basin National Park"","block_context":{"text":"Great Basin National Park","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/nevada\/great-basin-national-park\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Anywhere but Here, Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/anywhere-but-here-mia-mcpherson-4776.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/anywhere-but-here-mia-mcpherson-4776.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/anywhere-but-here-mia-mcpherson-4776.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/anywhere-but-here-mia-mcpherson-4776.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61805,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/11\/28\/great-horned-owl-in-desert-habitat\/","url_meta":{"origin":6411,"position":1},"title":"Great Horned Owl In Desert Habitat","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I reached back into my archives and found this photo of a side lit Great Horned Owl in desert habitat that I spotted from one of the dirt access roads that lead to the Mt. 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