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The moon over Death Valley National Park, California

Salt flats and stormy skys in Death Valley National Park, California. (NPS Photo)

What to do in Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park gives new meaning to the word extreme. Telescope Peak, the highest peak in the Park and in the Panamint Mountains, rises 11,049 feet above sea level and lies only 15 miles from the lowest point in the United States in the Badwater Basin salt pan, 282 feet below sea level. The highest temperatures in the United States are regularly recorded here, as are winter snows and near-zero nighttime temperatures.

Hemmed in by nine mountain ranges, Death Valley is cut off from rejuvenating rainfall and cooling Pacific winds, making it one of the driest and hottest places in the world. A record high temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded there in 1913 (although this was the world record at the time, it has since been exceeded by two degrees Fahrenheit at a weather station in Libya), and a ground...

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What is the best one day itinerary to see the most in Death Valley, starting from Las...

What is the best one day itinerary to see the most in Death Valley, starting from Las Vegas and arriving late someplace halfway (or any way) to Yosemite NP? Driving long hours is not a problem, walking (if hot) is because of small children. The trip planned for the last week of May.
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where do we get the best info on when to catch the spring flowers at Deth Valley?

where do we get the best info on when to catch the spring flowers at Deth Valley?
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