Death Valley National Park Travel Information
Hottest, driest, lowest: Death Valley is a land of extremes. It is one
of the hottest places on the surface of the Earth with summer
temperatures averaging well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It
encompasses the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere at 282 feet
below the level of the sea, and it is the driest place in North
America with an average rainfall of only 1.96 inches a year. But
this valley is also a land of subtle beauties: Morning light creeping
across the eroded badlands of Zabriskie Point to strike Manly Beacon,
the setting sun and lengthening shadows on the Sand Dunes at Stovepipe
Wells, and the colors of myriad wildflowers on the golden hills above
Harmony Borax on a warm spring day. Travelers who come during the cool
season will find an enormous stretch of land to explore, on foot, or
the paved and unpaved roads which snake through the region. Death
Valley National Park is located in eastern California, along the
Nevada border. For more information on the park, please select an area
of interest from the navigation bar on the left.
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