Death Valley National Park

    • First non-Native American entry recorded in 1849
    • National park established in 1933American West: Death Valley
    • Covers 5,219 square milesCornforth Images: Death Valley National Park Photography
    • 282 feet below sea levelCornforth Images: Death Valley National Park Photography
    • Contains the second lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
    • Hottest and driest of all the national parks in the U.S.
    • Highest recorded temperature on the continent was recorded there
    • 95% is designated wildernessNPCA: Death Valley National Park
    • Mining was common in the area before park was established
    • Isolated pockets of gold, borax was more plentiful
    • Visitor Center: Furnace Creek at the junction of California routes 178 and 190
    • Open to visitors year round
  • Death Valley National Park lies east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the southeastern region of California on the Nevada border. Despite its name, the park contains both Death Valley and Panamint Valley, and stretches over 3.3 million acres. The park is geographically complex, with many unique canyon formations and fault lines.
  • Climate

    The region is notorious for its heat and lack of precipitation, with summer temperatures averaging between 86 and 114 degrees Fahrenheit. Its dryness is caused by a rain shadow effect from the Sierra Nevada, Panamint, and Argus mountain ranges that surround it.

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