Johnson Lake Trail – Great Basin National Park NV

City:
Baker, NV

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails

New Deal Agencies:
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1934

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Lehman Caves National Monument was established in 1922 and put under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service in 1933. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) arrived in 1934, setting up a camp and going to work on improvements to make the monument more welcoming for visitors.

One of their tasks was to construct part of the Johnson Lake Trail.  We have no information on what other trails the CCC enrollees built in the park.

The monument was incorporated into a new Great Basin National Park in 1986.

 

Source notes

Gretchen Baker, Great Basin National Park: A Guide to the Park and Surrounding Area. Utah State University Press, 2012, p 105.

Site originally submitted by Richard A Walker on September 7, 2016.

Location Info


Johnson Lake Trail
Great Basin National Park, NV

Location notes: Pin drop along trail

Coordinates: 38.941637, -114.284954

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