Life in Death
Valley
3 DAYS
380 MILES/610KM
GREAT FOR...
JBG
BEST TIME TO GO
February to April for
wildflowers and cooler
temperatures.
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ESSENTIAL
PHOTO
Elevation sign at
Badwater Basin.
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BEST FOR
HISTORY
Guided tours of
Scotty’s Castle.
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Drive where California pioneers and gold miners once rolled
their wagons in Death Valley National Park, where the magnum
forces of natural and human history collide.
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Panamint
Springs
Tecopa
StovepipeWells
Village
Baker
Furnace
Creek
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Scotty’s Castle
Tour a historic oasis in
Grapevine Canyon
330 miles
Emigrant & Wildrose
Canyons
Follow early pioneers’
desperate escape
route
17 5 miles
Badwater
Plant your feet at the
USA’s lowest elevation
110 miles
Rhyolite
Explore a ghostly Wild
West mining town
270 miles
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
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