There are four National Parks in Nevada, each with fun things to do. This post introduces each one as well as some great experiences that you can have in each. Four National Parks in Nevada The four Nevada National Parks are listed below: Death Valley National Park (portions in Nevada and California)Great Basin National ParkLake Mead National Recreation Area (portions in Nevada and Arizona)Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument There are also a number of affiliated park units that are managed by the National Park Service. These additional sites include the California National Historic Trail, the Old Spanish National Historic Trail, and the Pony Express National Historic Trail. We visited each of the four Nevada National Parks in Nevada on our National Park road trip from Las Vegas. We can attest that there are great experiences to be had in each location. Make sure to grab your National Park passport…
I officially LOVE reading lists of travels like the one we’re sharing here! Putting together our National Park trips timeline was therapeutic in a sense. In creating this, I got to see my own growth and development that has been directly shaped by the travel I have completed. Lists like this are also interesting because you get to see the logistical fit of the sites visited. I will do my best to group itineraries and link to things we may have shared on this site that can help with your own planning. A couple of other guiding thoughts: since we both work full time jobs, we usually have one “major” trip each year and several others on the periphery we like to visit as many sites as we can fit into our limited vacation days, so the pace of our trips is often pretty fast I’m only including parks that…
There are several adventure-packed National Parks near Las Vegas! In this post, we share our itinerary for a week-long road trip from Las Vegas to National Parks that will leave you fulfilled and ready to plan your road trip out west! This Las Vegas National Park road trip includes 12 National Park Units in Nevada, Southern Utah, Arizona and California covered in 6 days – all from a starting point in Las Vegas. Day 1: Experience Great Basin National Park Road trip from Las Vegas to Great Basin National Park We arrived in McCarran airport right around 8am Pacific. Flying Southwest Airlines from Columbus got us in a little earlier than planned. Our early arrival was extremely helpful to us as we had to pick up our luggage, pick up our rental car, grab some groceries and necessities for our road trip, and make it to Great Basin National Park…
When visiting Great Basin National Park, do yourself a favor and book one of the Lehman Cave Tours. We booked the Lodge Room tour, and this experienve was the highlight of our visit to this remote park in Baker, Nevada. Tips for Exploring Lehman Cave Tours You will not regret taking the time to visit when you plan your Great Basin National Park adventure. Here are a few tips for making your visit: Schedule Your Lehman Cave Tour in advance Guided tours are the only way that you will get to take advantage of the opportunity though. Plan ahead, space is limited! We put the Lehman Cave Visitor Center into our GPS, and the rest was history! Three tours that are offered: The Lodge Room Tour – this is the tour that we went on. The Lodge Room tour is about an hour long. It takes you to three rooms…
Want to see what we plan to do at Great Basin National Park? This is the first post in a series that we are writing on what we plan to do during our Las Vegas road trip. We invite you to follow along on our journey! We recently shared that we will be flying into Las Vegas in the near future to enjoy 11 days of adventure. Our trip is going to involve short visits to a number of parks and other places of interest. The first of these visits will be to Great Basin National Park where we will visit via the town of Baker, Nevada. Getting to Great Basin National Park As the first stop on our fast-travel road trip, our time at Great Basin National Park will be somewhat limited. The park is approximately a 4.5-hour drive from Las Vegas. Because of this, we plan to hit…