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The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) is one of the bristlecone pines, a group of three species of pine found in the higher mountains of the southwest United States. Great Basin Bristlecone Pine occurs in Utah, Nevada and eastern CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh. In California, it is restricted to the White MountainsThe White Mountains of California are a small mountain range that runs along the eastern side of the upper Owens Valley, just across from the Sierra Nevada. They extend for approximately 60 mi (100 km) are approximately 10 mi (16 km) wide. The northern en, the Inyo MountainsThe Inyo Mountains are a short mountain range east of the Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern California in the United States. The range separates the Owens Valley to the west with Saline Valley to the east, extending for approximately 70 mi (130 km) SSE f, and the Panamint RangeThe Panamint Range is a short rugged fault-block mountain range on the northern edge of the Mojave Desert in eastern California in the United States, The range runs north-south for approximately 100 mi (160 km) through Inyo County, forming the western wal, in Mono and Inyo counties. In Nevada, it is found in most of the higher ranges of the Basin and RangeThe Basin and Range Province is a particular type of topography that extends east from the Sierra Nevada all the way to the Colorado Plateau, in the states of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah in the southwestern United State from the Spring Mountains near Las Vegas north to the Ruby Mountains , and in Utah, northeast to South Tent in the Wasatch Range.

The oldest known tree in the world is a specimen of this species located in the White Mountains, with an age of 4,700 years, measured by annual ring count on a small core taken with an increment borer. It bears the nickname "Methuselah".