Contours, elevations and trails from OpenTopoMap. Scroll down for the zoomable map.
Death Valley is the hottest, driest, lowest national park in the United States, and we come back to it again and again. Favorite walks: Golden Canyon up into the badlands, Mosaic Canyon's polished marble narrows near Stovepipe Wells, the color-streaked hills of Artists Palette, the salt pinnacles of Devil's Golf Course, and the old sulphur/borax workings out on the valley floor.
The valley's name dates to 1849, when a group of gold-rush emigrants got lost crossing it. As they finally found their way out, one is said to have turned and muttered, "Goodbye, Death Valley."
