Northern Death Valley National Park is a lonelier, less visited section of the valley but equally scenic as the south. Higher in elevation; sloping up to 3,000 feet at Scotty’s Castle.

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There are two national parks in the State of Nevada:

 

 

Great Basin National Park

Great Basin National Park

Based around Wheeler Peak, the Great Basin National Park has 5,000-year-old bristlecone pines, glacial moraines, and the limestone Lehman Caves. It has some of the country’s darkest night skies, and there are animal species including Townsend’s big-eared bat, Pronghorn, and Bonneville cutthroat trout.

Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park spans across California and Nevada. Death Valley is the hottest, lowest, and driest place in the United States. There are canyons, colorful badlands, sand dunes, mountains, and over 1000 species of plants in this graben on a fault line. Further geologic points of interest are salt flats, springs, and buttes.

 

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Death Valley National Park

A world of extremes, Death Valley National Park is the nation’s driest, hottest and lowest place, but also features mountains over 11,000 feet high that experience below-zero weather and snow, as well as colorful badlands, sand dunes and canyons. Its dramatic mountains, valleys and a world of extremes. 

Death Valley is the nation’s driest, hottest and lowest place, but also features mountains over 11,000 feet high that experience below-zero weather and snow, as well as colorful badlands, sand dunes and canyons.

Sites and Trails in Northern Death Valley National Park

Northern Death Valley National Park is a lonelier, less visited section of the valley but equally scenic as the south. Higher in elevation; sloping up to 3,000 feet at Scotty’s Castle.

Sites and Trails in Southern Death Valley

The South is the most visited section of Death Valley, incuding Artist’s Palette, Badwater, Dante’s View, Devil’s Golf Course and Zabriskie Point.