Death Valley National Park Pictures

Death Valley National Park

Welcome to the Death Valley National Park Website of pictures within the World from the Web Home page. The park is located in Southeastern California along the Nevada border. There are no major cities near Death Valley. Pahrump, Nevada is the nearest city (1 hour) of any notable size. Las Vegas is 2 hours away and Los Angeles is 4 hours away. There are many routes that lead into the park. From I-15 (Los Angeles), take Rt. 127 north through Shoshone and into the southern portion of the park. From Las Vegas, take Rt 160 to Rt. 190 into the park.
The National Park contains over 3,336,000 acres of which over 3,000,000 acres are wilderness. The altitude change in the park is from 282' feet under sealevel at Badwater to 11,049' at Telescope Peak. Badwater is the lowest elevation in the U.S. Temperatures in July average a high of 116F. Temperatures over 120F are not unusual during the summer. There are facilities within the park. Because of its enormous size and heat during the summer months, proper planning is advisable.
Activities include camping, biking, hiking and sightseeing. For more information, contact Superintendent, Death Valley National Park, P.O. 579, Death Valley, CA, 92328-0579 or call (760) 786-2331.

All pictures are from Death Valley National Park or just outside the park, using various film and digital cameras. Below on this page are pictures from various parts of the park. There are an additional 5 pages listed below. They contain more pictures from areas seen here and other areas not highlighted on this page.

Go to Zabriskies' Point & Artists Pallete.
Death Valley's Devils Golf Course, Sand Dunes and Badwater & Sea level.
Dantes View and spring flowers.
Go toMosaic Canyon and Stovepipe Wells.
Remote areas of the park including Daylight Pass, Ubehebe Crater, Scottys Castle and Wildrose canyon.

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Zabriskie Point, off of Rt 190, in the Eastern part of the park.
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Looking north into Death Valley from Dantes View. Off of Rt. 190, it is east and south of Zabriskie Point. Dantes view is 5475' in altitude.
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Devil's golf course, off of Rt 178, south of Furnace Creek and Artists Pallette.
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Artists Palette, off of Rt. 178 along the Artists Drive. Various ores color the rocks.
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Ubehebe Crater, in the northern part of the park off of Rt 267.
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Sand dunes, just north and east of Stovepipe Wells Village along Rt 190.
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Spring wildflowers after heavy El Nino showers (1998) at Salsberry Pass past Shoshone inside of Death Valley along Rt 178.
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Further information can be found at the Death Valley National Park Service or
Death Valley National Park GORP pages.
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