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.
U.S. national parks, state parks, national monuments and wilderness areas — travel guides, trails, camping and things to do.
Nevada National Parks
There are two national parks in the State of Nevada:
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 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. |
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.
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…