May 25 2025
Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America and one of the defining landscapes of Death Valley National Park. At 282 feet below sea level, the basin spreads across the floor of Death Valley in an immense expanse of salt, mud, mineral crust, and temporary pools framed by some of the park’s highest mountains. …
Sep 11 2024
Sand dunes are among the most recognizable landscapes in Death Valley National Park, yet they occupy surprisingly little of this enormous desert wilderness. Despite the popular image of Death Valley as an endless sea of sand, less than one percent of the park is covered by sand dunes. Most of the landscape consists instead of …
Sep 11 2024
Death Valley National Park may be famous for extreme heat, salt flats, sand dunes, and some of the lowest elevations in North America, but it is also one of the most varied hiking destinations in the desert Southwest. Trails and cross-country routes lead through narrow marble canyons, golden badlands, volcanic craters, shifting sand dunes, hidden …
Jun 10 2024
Death Valley National Park protects a landscape of almost unbelievable extremes. Here, the lowest point in North America lies 282 feet below sea level while snow can cover 11,049-foot Telescope Peak only about 15 miles away. Summer temperatures routinely climb above 120°F on the valley floor, yet high mountain forests shelter ancient bristlecone pines. Vast …
