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trails and campgrounds closed while crews work to stem its spread near Nevada’s second-highest mountain peak. The National Park Service said Tuesday that the fire near Wheeler Peak started small ...

If beauty played a role in deciding Nevada’s highest point, Wheeler Peak, crown jewel of Great Basin National Park at the eastern edge of the state, would be the winner hands down. Instead ...

A mule deer strolls through an alfalfa field near Wheeler Peak in White Pine County. In 1985, Sen. Harry Reid began working to establish Nevada's first national park with the mountain at its center.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — If beauty played a role deciding Nevada's highest point, Wheeler Peak, crown jewel of Great Basin National Park at the eastern edge of the state, would be the winner hands down.