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Death Valley National Park: The Absolute Essentials

Death Valley National Park encompasses North America’s lowest elevation at Badwater Basin and the volcanic Ubehebe Crater. This list features the park’s diverse geology, from the colorful volcanic deposits of Artist’s Palette and the golden badlands of Zabriskie Point to the 210-meter-high Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. Historical sites include the 1880s Harmony Borax Works and the abandoned Keane Wonder Mine. Notable natural phenomena are also represented, such as the "sailing stones" of Racetrack Playa and the eroded formations along the Golden Canyon Trail.

Death Valley National Park: The Absolute Essentials — Map

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Badwater Basin

Badwater Basin is an endorheic basin in Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, noted as the lowest point in…

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Zabriskie Point

Zabriskie Point is a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California, United States,…

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Artist's Palette

This place is called the palette for a reason. The cornucopia of colours of Black Mountains rocks is just ravishing.

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Mesquite Dunes

The dunes create a magical landscape, which can be best seen in the early morning or at sunset. Some reach 210 metres in height.

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Golden Canyon Trail

Discover and see with your own eyes what you have seen in the pictures. An easy trail through the colorful scenic canyon.

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Ubehebe Crater

Ubehebe Crater is a large volcanic crater of the Ubehebe Craters volcanic field in the northern half of Death Valley, in Death Valley…

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Harmony Borax Works

The Harmony Borax Works is located in Death Valley at Furnace Creek Springs, then called Greenland.

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Twenty Mule Team Canyon

Twenty-mule teams were teams of eighteen mules and two horses attached to large wagons that transported borax out of Death Valley from 1883…

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Racetrack Playa

The Racetrack Playa, or The Racetrack, is a scenic dry lake feature with "sailing stones" that inscribe linear "racetrack" imprints.

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Keane Wonder Mine

The Keane Wonder Mine and mill is an abandoned mining facility located within Death Valley National Park in Inyo County, California.

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Death Valley National Park Signage

Iconic wooden entrance sign located along Highway 190, marking the eastern boundary of the national park.

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