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Mount Washington rises to 11,658 feet in eastern Nevada within Great Basin National Park, in White Pine County’s high, rugged landscape. Along with its natural prominence, it became tied to a modern effort in long-range thinking when The Long Now Foundation bought land near the summit in 2001 as a possible site for the Clock of the Long Now, a project intended to keep time over extremely long periods. The 180.3-acre property, adjoining the park, consisted of eleven patented mining claims dating to 1916, linking the mountain’s setting to both the region’s mining past and an ambitious future-oriented vision.
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Baker, Nevada · United States
