LA Times · Jul 13, 2015
Five things to know about Nevada's newest national monument
President Obama created three national monuments on Friday, including Basin and Range National Monument in Nevada. He designated the land under the Antiquities Act. (Tyler Roemer)With the stroke of President Obama's pen, you now have new federal lands to explore. OK, they aren't new, they're ancient -- but they are newly protected.
One of the most interesting is Basin and Range National Monument in southeast Nevada. It has lunarlike landscapes and a massive secret sculpture with ties to Los Angeles.
Intrigued? Here are five things you should know about this spectacularly empty land.
1. It's big