| Baker, Nevada | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Nevada#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Baker |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Baker |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nevada |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | White Pine |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.91 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.90 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.35 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.34 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 41 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 45.35 |
| Population Density Km2: | 17.51 |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 5309 |
| Coordinates: | 39.0144°N -114.1264°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 89311 |
| Area Code: | 775 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 32-04100 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2629977 |
Baker is a census-designated place in southeastern White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is located 5miles east of the main entrance of Great Basin National Park at the junction of State Routes 487 and 488. The town is named after an early settler, George W. Baker. Its population at the 2010 census was 68.[2]
Public education is provided through the White Pine County School District. Baker 3-6 Elementary school is the only school in Baker.
Prominent people from Baker include Calvin Quate, a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University who is famous for the invention of the atomic force microscope.
In January 1997, Late Show with David Letterman produced a segment on the town,[3] with the show's Biff Henderson touring the area and ending his narrative on Baker with the quote, "It's quiet, peaceful, beautiful and the people are friendly."