DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT

Fall-Winter 1992-93 Visitor Guide ISSN 1054-8041

WATER WATER EVERYWHERE by Larry O'Hanlon

Whether you're a grizzled Most of us would hope that the prospector, a roadrunner, a desert water in our National Parks and pupfish, or a visitor to Death Monuments is of the highest quali­ Valley, you know, or quickly learn, ty, reflecting our dedication to the that water is the key to survival preservation of natural resources. here. The first people to learn to However, one problem with having survive in this dry land were the the lowest point in the western Indians. They adapted to it as slow­ hemisphere is that much of Death ly as the land itself changed from a Valley is below sea level and water wetter, cooler place with a 600 foot flows down to here from different deep freshwater lake during the last sources - bringing along any conta­ Ice Age, to the Death Valley we mination with it. So quality, too, know today. Over many centuries could be threatened by such things the land has become drier and hot­ as increased mining and commer­ ter, until today we find one of the cial activity immediately outside hottest and driest places on earth. the Monument and the proposed The Indians were followed by the high level nuclear waste repository thirsty 49'ers who nearly perished (Yucca Mountain) 35 miles north­ for the lack of water and familiarity east of Death Valley, not to men­ with tms arid environment. Today tion an already operational low it's you and I that have to cope with level waste site near Beatty, the heat and the "dry as a bone Nevada. All these things could "atmosphere . have adverse effects on the water here in Death Valley, and therefore, But over the years the emphasis adverse effects to every living of the struggle has changed. Today thing here. struggle is not so much survival in Death Valley, as it is the survival of regional ground-water (that's water well. One thing we can all do to help is Death Valley as a national natural found underground which surfaces to be aware of the preciousness of and historic treasure as well as a as springs or is tapped by wells) One threat to the water supply of water in this place that is so precious part of the International indicate that the springs that line Death Valley is the possibility that famous for the lack of it and con­ Biosphere Reserve System. Either the east side of Death Valley are massive quantities could be with­ serve it whenever possible. We can way, water is still the central issue. actually fed by the natural ground­ drawn to feed the continued rapid also carry that awareness to wher­ water reservoir (called an "aquifer" development, of Las Vegas. If the ever we journey or live, because to Most of the usable water in Death by geologists) of the Armagosa applications for ground water of differing degrees, water every­ Valley, to the surprise of many visi­ Valley to the east of Death Valley. the Las Vegas Valley Water District where faces the same threats as tors, is not piped in, but naturally Ice Age water, via weaknesses and are approved, there could be some here. Next time you take a drink, occurs here in springs. These faults in the Black, Funeral and harsh and irreversible effects on look at those dry, desolate moun­ springs can be anything from sea­ Grapevine Mountains of the Death Valley springs, plant and tains - make every drop count! sonal trickles - of great use to Armagosa Range, seeps down into animal communities - including wildlife, and lost prospectors - to Death Valley and comes out of the sensitive and endangered species - the larger springs like Travertine ground as springs. It is most impor­ as well as effects on human visitors Spring that puts out 1500 gallons tant to understand that this is a and residents. INSIDE per minute, year-round, and keeps non- renewable resource, unless we the Furnace Creek area green. But can bank on another Ice Age start­ Another issue concerning the • Superintendent's Welcome where does the water really come ing soon to replenish the aquifer - quantity of water here in Death from, that is, where do the springs which is highly unlikely. This Valley is the possible effects of • Guided Activities get their water? That's a very good means that this water must be man­ global warming on our many mar­ • Camping Information question, because for hundreds of ginal springs and seeps that sup­ aged much more carefully than • Hiking miles around, there is little else but renewable water supplies. port such sensitive animals as the desert. bighorn sheep, endemic desert pup- • Visitor Services Presently there exist many threats fish, and endemic snails. If the cli­ • Area Map Strange as it may sound, the to this ancient aquifer. The threats mate gets hotter, the evaporation answer is that the water comes result only from the very limited rates would increase leaving less •Quiz from the past - from the Ice Age. quantity of water, but also there are and less water for plants and ani­ Careful studies by geologists of the dangers to the water quality as mals. Page 2 Fall-Winter 1992-93

Ed Rothfuss, WELCOME Park Superintendent SHARING IN THE VISION acts had a vision, a vision of the future. A vision that in a changing Four dates stand out in National world, where population increases Park Service history as it relates to and open space becomes more Death Valley National Monument. fragile and limited, that our nation March 1, 1872, when Congress set and its people, you and I, need pub­ aside Yellowstone National Park, lic parks as places to refresh the our nation's first, and the genesis of spirit, to learn of the natural world, the concept for parks set aside for to provide havens for endangered national good; June 8, 1906, the plant and animal species, and to Antiquities Act, which gave the preserve that part of our history, President the authority to establish our heritage, to giving us touch­ National Monuments by proclama­ stones to the past. tion; the Act of August 25, 1916, We the employees of Death which established the National Valley National Monument share in Park System; and lastly the procla­ that vision. We are dedicated to mation signed by President Herbert defend and preserve the resources Hoover of February 11, 1933 in of Death Valley for future genera­ INTERPRETIVE ACTIVITIES establishing Death Valley National tions, and to make them accessible Monument. to visitors from this nation, and Ranger-conducted activities in the Furnace Creek area are offered fre­ quently from November through April and on a limited basis in summer. There are several common abroad, for their enjoyment but without causing negative impacts Tours are conducted at Scotty's Castle year-round. Check at each location threads in these acts that took place for current schedules. 60, 77, 87, and 121 years ago. They upon these resources. We invite you to share in this all relate to preservation of repre­ Furnace Creek Sample of programs: sentative segments of natural and vision and support your National Orientation programs presented Historical - Join a ranger for a tour of scenic wonders and the cultural Parks. Enjoy Death Valley; and if every half-hour, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Pete Aguereberry's mining camp fabric of our nation. Another com­ you need assistance please contact daily, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sundays, at the in the Panamint Mountains. monality is that the persons the men and women in the grey and Visitor Center. Geological - Explore the curves of involved in accomplishing these green uniforms. November through March: Mosaic Canyon, looking for Evening programs are presented faults, folds and other geologic nightly at 7:30 p.m. in the Visitor features. Center auditorium. Daytime walks Natural - Learn about the lives of and talks are conducted at the Visitor Mojave Desert plants and animals. Center and locations around Death Death Valley Ranch ENTRANCE FEES Valley. Check at the Visitor Center (Scotty's Castle) for program schedule. Daily tours are conducted on the Entrance fees are now being Service area. Both passes are hour, year-round, and are limited to charged for Death Valley valid for one calendar year April through October: Evening 19 persons per tour. See Page 2 for National Monument. Death and provide unlimited visits programs and daytime activities are more information. Valley is one of 130 National without additional entrance conducted on a limited basis. Check Daytime walks and talks are con­ Park Service areas to have an charges during that period. at the Visitor Center for program ducted on Castle grounds and nearby entrance fee system. A portion Golden Age Passports are schedule. locations as staff permits. of the money collected is available free of charge to returned to those areas and U.S. citizens or residents, 62 used to manage various pro­ years of age or older (bring grams. Death Valley collects proof of age). Golden Access entrance fees at these loca­ Passports are free for lifetime tions: Furnace Creek Visitor use to blind or disabled citi­ VISIT THE Center; Grapevine Entrance zens or residents of the U.S. Station. regardless of age. Fees are: $5.00 per vehicle; Park passes and Golden BEATTY RANGER STATION $2.00 per single entry of a Eagle, Golden Age and person hiking, riding a bus, When planning your visit to aid the traveler visiting the eastern Golden Access Passports are Death Valley National Monument, part of the Monument, the Beatty bike or motorcycle. available at fee collection sta­ be sure to stop by the Beatty Ranger Station staff will assist The permit issued when you tions. pay your entrance fee is valid Ranger Station on Highway 374 you in planning your trip to some All visitors entering Death for a 7 day visit to Death in Beatty. Staffed by a Park of the most spectacular scenery Valley for recreational purpos­ Valley National Monument. If Service ranger and incorporating a and history of the Death Valley es must pay the entrance fee at you plan to stay longer, you National Park Bookstore you can area. Current road and weather one of the two collection sta­ will need to purchase an addi­ obtain useful information to help conditions are available for such tions. Those traveling through tional permit. guide you during your visit. Many points of interest as Titus Canyon, Death Valley for business pur­ Also available are the annu­ of the items sold at the Furnace Chloride Cliffs, the Nevada poses are exempt. Other fee al Park Pass, for $15.00, valid Creek Visitor Center, including Triangle, and the ghost city of waivers may be obtained- only at Death Valley National books and topographic maps, are Rhyolite. inquire at Visitor Center. Monument, and the Golden available at the Beatty Ranger The Beatty Ranger Station is Eagle Passport, for $25.00, Other fee waivers must be Station. Additional books and open seven days a week from 8 good in any National Park requested in advance. maps on Nevada are also avail­ a.m. until 4 p.m. Stop in and visit able, as well as free literature on the Beatty Ranger Station located Nevada and the Death Valley area. in Nevada's Gateway to Death Opened in October of 1991 to Valley. Fall-Winter 1992-93 Page 3

THE SPECIAL PLACES by Kari Coughlin

Can you remember the first time the area destroys a little more of you ever visited a ghost town? Was the special place. Rangers will the wind howling eerily through never be numerous enough to the shells of old buildings and a patrol these areas 24 hours a day. tumbleweed bouncing jauntily When you have visited these spe­ across the street? did you start to cial places of Rhyolite, picture what it was like when peo­ Aguereberry camp, Keane ple filled the streets and the blast­ Wonder, Inyo mine and Leadfield ing of dynamite and rumblings of to name a few, you, too, can relive trains were heard amidst the sounds the past. of laughter, saloons and horses? The NationaWark Service is Have you ever come upon petro- mandated to "protect and preserve glyphs etched into a mountain side the scenery and the natural and and realized that someone made historic objects and the wildlife those figures thousands of years adults can marvel at the ingenuity Families were raised here and for the enjoyment of the same in ago? If you have already had these and craftsmanship of past genera­ human dramas were played out such manner and by such means experiences then you know how tions. These windows to our past against these spectacular scenic as will leave them unimpaired for much it meant to find those special can open a page in our own family backgrounds. the enjoyment of future genera­ places. They represent our roots album and give us pause at how In all too many locations, the tions." This is a huge task that we and give us a feeling for our her­ our ancestors lived. special places are gone. Some cannot possibly be accomplished itage. Grandparents can re-live In the Death Valley area, there were moved when the people left without your help. When you are childhood stories for their grand­ were many stories made and told in the area. Some were ravaged by in these areas, take only pictures. children when these special ruins ancient Indian camps, mining dust, wind and rain until nothing If you see someone removing any­ bring back past memories. Young towns and early tourist resorts. remained. In far too many cases, thing, write down their license though, the special places disap­ number, a description of their peared because of visitors to the vehicle, what they look like, what area. The piece of a building, old they are taking and the direction IN SEARCH OF THE car or gravestone was too tempt­ they were heading if they left ing to the souvenir hunter. When while you were there. Then call PERFECT SUNRISE/SUNSET you consider that Death Valley has the Visitor Center or nearest an annual visitation of almost one ranger office. If the offices are One of the most beautiful times the" day can be seen at sunset look­ million people, it doesn't take closed call the Parkwatch phone much imagination to realize how to see the desert is when the sun is ing east towards the Armargosa number - 1-800-438-7275. People quickly a few people can destroy close to the horizon. The soft col­ Range. At sunrise looking west who remove artifacts from our spe­ an historic area. Each tin can, ors of sunrises and sunsets can toward the Panamint Range. cial places can be prosecuted. Help glass bottle or board that leaves show you the many different us keep the special places for you. moods of Death Valley. Some of Oblique Sunrise Points the most dramatic photographs of Sand Dunes Death Valley have been shot during Dante's View the late evening and early morning. Death Valley Natural History Association Zabriskie Point The Death Valley Natural History Association is a non-profit educational organization There are 2 favorite types of sun­ Badwater dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the natural and human history of Death rise/sunsets. Silhouettes are best at Mesquite Springs Campground Valley National Monument. The cooperation of the Association with the National Park sunset looking west towards the Service is authorized by Public Law. Panamint Range. At sunrise look­ Oblique Sunset Points Death Valley Natural History Association publishes and distributes distributes descrip ing east towards the Armagosa Sand Dunes tive park literature and furnishes personnel, equipment and supplies to support the inter Artists Drive pretive work of the National Park Service. Proceeds from the Association's sales are used Range. to produce new educational publications and to aid National Park Service programs. Badwater Silhouette Sunrise Points Membership in the Association is available to any person who has a sincere interest Ubehebe Crater and desire to advance the aims and purposes of the Association. Sand Dunes Furnace Creek and Sunset As a member you receive the following: Aquereberry Point Campgrounds 1.15 percent discount on all purchases. West Side Road 2. Official Association emblem patch. (Lifetime member patch) Helpful Hints: To get the best 3. Semi-annual park newsletter. Silhouette Sunset Points lighting for sunsets, be there 4. First offering on all new publications. Sand Dunes approximately one hour before the ( TYPES OF MEMBERSHIPS) Dante's View actual time of sunset or after sun­ INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL Zabriskie Point FAMILY MEMBERSHIP rise. (You can find out the exact MEMBERSHIP One year $20.00 MEMBERSHIP Badwater time at the Visitor Center.) One year $10.00 Corporate....$20.00 annual Oblique sunrise/sunsets show the For taking photographs, a high Lifetime $100.00 Senior Citizen ....$20.00 (one time) (62 or over) most striking colors. The soft illu­ speed film is recommended to cap­ Please include payment with application either by check made payable to DEATH VALLEY mination at the beginning or end of ture the soft colors. NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION or by credit card. $10.00 minimum on credit cards. Mail to: DVNHA; P.O. Box 188; Death Valley, CA 92328. WE NEED YOUR MEMORIES Mastercard. .Visa .Account No. Expiration Date. . Signature _ If you were a visitor to Death ence here. Please get the historical Valley prior to 1965, we want to resource questionnaire from our MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION hear from you. We have started a front desk or the ticket office at NAME historical resource directory to help Scotty's Castle and return it at your ADDRESS us with research. We want to know leisure to Interpretation Division, what you saw, who you met and Attn: Kari Coughlin, Death Valley CITY .STATE. ZIP. what made an impression on you National Monument, Death Valley, All dues and contributions are tax deductible to the extent they exceed benefits. during your visit or living experi­ CA 92328. Page 4 Fall-Winter 1992-93

CAMPING Death Valley National Monument life may be attracted to your camp­ ming pool available nearby at Furnace MESQUITE SPRING operates nine campgrounds through­ site, resist the urge to feed them, for Creek Ranch. Elevation: 1,800'. No. Sites: 50. Fee: out the monument, with more than your safety and their well-being. $5.00. Season: all year. Limit of stay: TEXAS SPRING 1,500 campsites. With the exception Please leave your campsite as 30 days. Location: 4 mi. south of Scot- of Furnace Creek Campground from clean as you found it, or cleaner! Dis­ Elevation: sea level. No. Sites: 93. Fee: ty's Castle. Facilities: Sites for RVs and October through April, all campsites pose of trash and waste water in $5.00. Season: Nov.-Apr. Limit of tents, group sites, water, tables, fire­ are available on a first come, first proper receptacles. stay: 30 days. Location: 1.5 mi. south places, flush toilets, dump station. served basis. Heavy periods of use Pets must be confined or leashed of Visitor Center. Facilities: Trailer, are holidays and during the annual (max. leash length 6 ft.) at all times motorhome (generators prohibited) Death Valley '49ers Encampment and owners are responsible for dis­ tent-only and group sites, water, tables, held each November. Camping is not posing of pet litter in trash cans. fireplaces, flush and pit toilets, dump WILDROSE station. Pay showers, laundry and swim­ permitted along roadsides, parking Your cooperation in helping to Elevation: 4,100'. No. Sites: 30. Fee: ming pool available at Furance Creek lots or day-use only areas. Back- protect the monument, so that others none. Season: all year. Limit of stay: Ranch. country camping is permitted in who follow will be able to enjoy the 30 days. Location: 56 miles west of many areas; ask at the Visitor Center Visitor Center. Facilities: Sites for RVs same things you have enjoyed, will SUNSET or a Ranger Station. and tents, tables, fireplaces, pit toilets. be appreciated. Elevation: -190'. No. Sites: 1,000. Fee: No water in winter. Services available at each camp­ $4.00. Season: Nov.-Apr. Limit of ground are listed below. Electric, stay: 30 days. Location: 1 mi. south of water, and sewer hook-ups for trail­ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Visitor Center. Facilities: Primarily for ers and motorhomes are available at CAMPGROUND RESERVATIONS RVs, water, no fires, flush and pit small commercial campgrounds in Furnace Creek Campground (all toilets, dump station. Pay showers, laun­ THORNDIKE Furnace Creek and Stovepipe Wells sites) and group campsites at Texas dry and swimming pool available at Fur­ Elevation: 7,500'. No. Sites: 8. Fee: Village. Spring Campground can be reserved none. Season: Mar.-Nov. Limit of through the Mystix reservation sys­ nace Creek Ranch. Stay: 30 days. Location: 8 mi. east of SOME REGULATIONS: tem from October through April. Wildrose Campground. Road not pass­ All vehicles must stay on estab­ Reservations for Furnace Creek sites STOVEPIPE WELLS able for trailers, campers or motor- lished roads or in parking areas. Veh­ can be made up to 8 weeks in Elevation: sea level No. Sites: 200+. homes; high-clearance or4-wheel drive icles and their drivers must be advance; 12 weeks for group sites at Fee: $4.00. Season: Nov.-Apr. Limit of may be necessary. Facilities: Tables, properly licensed. Texas Spring. Call stay: 30 days. Location: At Stovepipe fireplaces and pit toilets. Quiet hours are from 10 p.m. to 6 1-800-365-CAMP. Camping fees: Wells Village. Facilities: Trailer, a.m. Generators may be operated $8.00/night at Furnace Creek; $40.00/nigbt for group sites. motorhome and tent-only sites, water, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (9 p.m. at no fires, flush toilets, dump station. Pay Sunset) but their operation is prohi­ showers available at Stovepipe Wells bited at Texas Spring Campground. motel. MAHOGANY FLAT Where provided, fireplaces must FURNACE CREEK Elevation: 8,200'. No. Sites: 10. Fee: be used for campfires. Where they Elevation: -196'. No. Sites: 135. Fee: none. Season: Mar.-Nov. Limit of are not, fires are restricted to portable $8.00. See above Mystix information. EMIGRANT Stay: 30 days. Location: 9 mi. east of stoves. Wood is available at general Season: All year. Limit of stay: 14 Elevation: 2,100*. No. Sites: 10. Fee: Wildrose Campground. Road not pass­ stores at Furnace Creek and Stove­ days. Facilities: Trailer, motorhome none. Season: Apr.-Oct. Limit of stay: able for trailers, campers or motor- pipe Wells. Wood gathering is not and tent-only sites, water, tables, fire­ 30 days. Location: 9 miles west of homes; high-clearance or4-wheel drive permitted. places, flush and pit toilets, dump sta­ Stovepipe Wells Village. Facilities: may be necessary. Facilities: Tables, Hunting is illegal. Although wild- tion. Pay showers, laundry and swim- water, flush toilets. No fires. fireplaces, pit toilets. REGULATIONS SAFETY ROADS were built for sightsee­ HIKING will bring you closer to YOU share responsibility for pro­ ing, not for speed. In places then- Death Valley's unique sights but be tection of Death Valley National grades are steep. Flash floods can sure that you are prepared. Check the Monument. Because this land and its turn dips into rivers and deposit weather beforehand, carry lots of resources belong to everyone, no one mud and rocks on roadways. Drive water, wear comfortable shoes, and may collect or disturb any animal, carefully on designated roads only for longer hikes, fill out a voluntary plant, rock, fossil or any other natur­ and obey all posted signs and backcountry registration form. al, historical or archeological fea­ speed limits. Some roads have spe­ WILD ANIMALS are just that, ture. cial requirements. Total vehicle wild. Do not feed or bother them. VEHICLES OF -ALL KINDS, length, with or without trailers, in Humans must share the desert with including four-wheel drives, motor­ Off road vehicle tracks excess of 25 feet is prohibited in poisonous creatures such as scorp­ cycles and bicycles, must stay on Spring Campground, from 7 a.m. to Emigrant and Wildrose Canyons, ions and rattlesnakes. Do not reach designated roads. Off-road tire 7 p.m. Campfires are allowed only in and 20 Mule Team Road, Artist into holes or burrows and do not tracks last for years in this fragile fireplaces or portable stoves but Drive, and Dantes View from the place hands and feet where you can­ desert. All motorized vehicles and wood collecting is prohibited. Pets Greenwater Valley Road to the top. not see them. their drivers must be properly must be on a leash at all times. ABANDONED MINES can be licensed. BACKCOUNTRY CAMPING is WEATHER can be extreme. dangerous. Vertical shafts are invisi­ DEVELOPED CAMP­ allowed in many areas: one mile Storms and resulting flash floods are ble from within dark tunnels and a GROUNDS provide sites for tents, back from main paved or unpaved possible year 'round. Avoid canyon fall could be fatal. Wooden supports trailers and motorhomes. Camping is roads and one-quarter mile from hiking in bad weather and if you are can give way at any time. Do not limited to no more than 30 days per water sources. Most abandoned min­ in a low-lying area during a storm, explore mine openings without ask­ year (October 1 through September ing areas are restricted to day-use climb to higher ground. Backcountry ing if the area is safe. If you would 30) throughout the monument. only. Check the Dirt Road Travel roads often become impassable after like to visit safe mining areas, ask for Camping limits are 14 days at Fur­ and Backcountry Camping guide, a rain, so check with a ranger on con­ suggestions at the visitor center. nace Creek Campground and 30 available at the visitor center, for ditions. The hot weather season here days at all others. Quiet hours are restrictions and consider completion includes fall and spring; be sure to IN CASE OF EMERGENCY from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Generators of a voluntary backcountry registra­ carry and drink plenty of water and Contact any Park Ranger, or call: 911 may be operated, except at Texas tion form for your own safety. watch your car's temperature gauge. or (619) 786-2330, 24 hours a day. Fall-Winter 1992-93 Page 5

HIKING AND BACKPACKING TRIPS

OTHER SHORT HIKES/ SELF-GUIDING TRAILS] LONGER DAY HIKES C GOLDEN CANYON TRAIL Gradual uphill trail through color­ GOLDEN CANYON TO ZABRI­ Moderately strenuous unmaintained 2 miles round trip. ful badlands. Extend your hike to SKIE POINT, 5 miles round trip. trail winds over ridges from a point On Badwater Road, 5 miles south of Zabriskie Pt. or Red Cathedral. Best On Badwater Road, 3 miles south of in Golden Canyon. From Zabriskie Visitor Center. light in late afternoon. Visitor Center. Pt., return along the major drainage HARMONY BORAX WORKS Hard-surfaced trail circles adobe to Badwater Road, continue north to 54 mile round trip. ruins, equipment and a 20 mule team Golden Cyn. parking lot. Hike can be On Hwy. 190, 2 miles north of Visi­ wagon from the 1880s. reversed. tor Center. SALT CREEK NATURE TRAIL An easy level walk along intermit­ NATURAL BRIDGE CANYON Gradual uphill walk. Interesting geo­ Vi mile round trip. tent spring-fed Salt Creek. Desert 54 mile round trip. logical features beyond the natural 1 mile off Hwy. 190, 23 miles north pupfish are often seen in spring. 3 miles off Badwater Road, 15 miles bridge. of Visitor Center. south of Visitor Center; access road can be rough. SAND DUNES Make your own trail across the 54 mile round trip dunes; look for animal tracks; best Begin either from Hwy. 190,2 miles light at dawn and dusk. Don't lose east of Stovepipe Wells or from Sand sight of your car, distances can be KEANE WONDER MINE Very steep trail along historic aerial Dunes Picnic Area, 19 miles from deceiving. 2 miles round trip. tramway to mine. Sweeping views of Visitor Center. 3 miles off Beatty Cut-Off Road, 16 the valley. Do not enter tunnels or hike beyond the top of the tramway. Explore beehive shaped kilns once miles northeast of Visitor Center; WTLDROSE CHARCOAL KILNS access road can be rough. 54 mile round trip. used to produce charcoal for ore 7 miles east of Wildrose Camp­ smelters in the Argus Range. ground. SCOTTYS CASTLE WALKING Easy walk around the grounds of TITUS CANYON NARROWS Constant uphill through deep gravel, TOUR Scotty's Castle to learn about con­ 2-11 miles round trip. watch for oncoming vehicles in nar­ 54 mile round trip. struction techniques, explore out­ 2 miles off Scotty's Castle Road, 37 row canyon. Klare Spring and petro- At Scotty's Castle, 53 miles north of buildings. miles north of Visitor Center. glyphs are 5.5 miles from mouth. Visitor Center. WINDY POINT TRAIL Nature trail climbs 160 feet to Death % miles round trip. Valley Scotty's grave, overlooking MOSAIC CANYON Constant but gradual uphill trail At Scotty's Castle, 53 miles north of the Death Valley Ranch (Scotty's 1-4 miles round trip. winds through canyon. In narrow Visitor Center. Castle). 3 miles off Hwy. 190, just west of places, canyon walls have been pol­ TIE CANYON TRAIL Easy trail leads to a canyon used for Stovepipe Wells; access road can be ished smooth. Some dry falls to scale 7/10 mile round trip. storage of Castle building materials. rough. at upper end. At Scotty's Castle.

Reduce Reuse CROSS-COUNTRY OR BACKPACK TRIPS Recycle Death Valley's backcountry is vir­ mile from any water source. case, you are encouraged to com­ tually limitless but there are few Depending on your pace and the plete a backcountry registration form Death Valley maintained trails through it. Many length of the hike, these may be day- at any Ranger Station or the Visitor supports recycling: people choose to hike cross-country hikes or backpacking trips. In either Center. or along backcountry roads. Topo­ • Drop aluminum cans off at the Visitor Center or at collec­ graphic maps, hiking guides and vol­ WILDROSE PEAK TRAIL Moderately steep trail winds through untary backcountry registration are tion bins in campgrounds 8.2 miles round trip. pinyon-juniper. Sweeping views of available at the Visitor Center. Begin at Charcoal Kilns, 7 miles east the valley, best in afternoon. • Share or recycle this Visitor Water sources in the monument of Wildrose Campground. Guide when you are finished reading it. are not reliable and in some cases not TELESCOPE PEAK TRAIL In winter, ice axes and crampons safe to drink. Bring your own water, 14 miles round trip. may be required; check at Visitor • Become involved in recycling at least 1 gallon per person per day, Begin at Mahagony Flat Camp­ Center. Steep trail winds through efforts in your community. or cache it ahead of time along your ground (or Charcoal Kilns - add 4 pinyon-juniper and bristlecone pine. route. miles to total), 9 miles east of Wil­ Fantastic views of both Death Valley and Panamint Valley. Primitive camping is allowed in drose Campground. many backcountry areas. Check the "Even after death, a bristlecone pine continues to transfigure its surroundings. Great old Dirt Road Travel and Backcountry snags stand like bleached tombstones, finally tottering only when the bases of their roots Camping guide, available at the Visi­ rot away, unbalancing them. Or water drips into cheeks in their dried surfaces, freezes tor Center, for restricted areas. Gen­ and thaws, and eventually splits off massive slabs, exposing to the light wood that has erally, camping is permitted one mile .'•.Xffi&cte'&.itomrdn.'ixs; thousand! taf^pjears." .ViblRf from main roads and one-quarter 'Ronald NL* "Unite Page 6 Fall-Winter 1992-93

IAH! {QUE DICHA! by Harold Soulis

'What is this place all about?" This is one of the most commonly asked questions at Scotty's Castle. This question is asked even by those who have visited the Castle many times, perhaps because those who created it and lived here were themselves regarded as having a mysterious element. Although the Castle is named for Walter Scott, Scotty, (cowboy, showman, and storyteller), he never owned it. Nor is it a castle. It is an architectural anomaly that can best be classified as a Spanish -Provincial - Mediterranean -Villa with a mix of American West and Southern California features. Albert Johnson, a wealthy Chicago insurance investor, and his wife Bessie, were the true owners of the Castle and lifelong friends of Scotty's when they built this home in the 1920s. Scotty was widely known as a Death Valley fixture; with a colorful per­ sonality and an insatiable appetite for publicity. It was, therefore, in set in the year 1939. During the character for him to tout the castle tour you may be visited by a per­ as his own, paid for from his enough meet all of the historic finished, its incomplete state is son portraying any one of a num­ "secret gold mine." From then on needs, including hydroelectric frozen in time for as long as it sur­ ber of personalities involved with the public would simply call it power. Construction of permanent vives. the castle during the period. You "Scotty's Castle." buildings started in 1922 and con­ Today the Castle is preserved may run into a newspaper reporter tinued until 1931. The massive and protected as "living history." The Castle's true name is the muckraking over one of Scotty's tile work, hundreds of wrought As you tour the rooms you will no Death Valley Ranch, and it is bravado claims, a Civilian iron fixtures, wood carvings and doubt feel the personality of the located on more than 1500 acres Conservation Corps (CCC) work­ rough-hewn redwood beams all place, as the ranger shares stories of semi-arid land. Nestled in the er helping Scotty with a project, represent effon that so; e say of Scotty (true or not), the midst of Grapevine Canyon it is or a tile setter boasting about his 3,000 feet (about 1000 meters) will never 1 seen again. Johnsons and the times they had Although the project was never here. The "living history" story is laying of 12,000 square feet of above sea level and protected floor tile. from the fierce hot winds of the When you visit Scotty's Castle main valley. The Castle is blessed you will experience all of this, with a stream that supplies about you may even leave as a believer 200 gallons of water per minute; in Scotty's gold mine. Perhaps what makes a visit here is the mystery in that somewhat unlikely partnership of extreme opposites - Scotty and Johnson. The lasting friendship of the Johnsons and Scotty, however, is a firm basis captured in the "living history" of the tours here. So, what's it all about? You probably won't completely know. But perhaps it is better to leave the answer to that question to a sense of inspiration imparted by the Spanish words engraved on a redwood beam in the dining room. They read: "Ah! Que Dicha!" - "Oh! What Happiness!" Maybe in the end, that is simply what the story of "Scotty's Castle" is all about. Fall-Winter 1992-93 Page 7

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"AH! QUE DICHA!" is an old When the tour begins, you will not -The furnishings in the Castle are Spanish phrase carved into the red­ have time to return to your vehicle. originals, purchased by the original wood of the Scotty's Castle dining Take note of the following requests: owners, Albert and Bessie Johnson. room. Translated it means "Ah what -PHOTOGRAPHY is permitted. Most of the objects are quite fragile. happiness." Hopefully, your visit to High speed film or flash attachments We ask that you do not touch any­ Scotty's Castle will be a happy one. are recommended. Bring enough thing inside the house. Also, refrain With that in mind, the Castle staff film with you to take photos through­ from leaning and setting cameras has compiled a list of tips to make out the house. Tripods (including and purses on the furnishings. your visit to the area more enjoyable. monopods), and camera bags are not -Pets are permitted on the Castle -Plan on having to wait 1-2 hours for permitted on tours. These items can grounds, but must be kept under a tour once you have arrived. (If be hazardous to the safety of others physical restraint at all times. Pets there is not a wait, you will be pleas­ and to the protection of the Castle are not permitted on the Castle tours. antly surprised.) furnishings. Time is limited in each Brochures are available at the trail- room; please take photos while the Please take the time to walk around -Go to the Ticket Office first, upon heads. Visit the exhibit room, book­ Ranger is talking. Stay in the same the Castle grounds, talk to the Ran­ your arrival to check tour times, tick­ store, gift shop, and snack bar to room that the group is in. gers and other staff members. Ask et office hours, and purchase your avoid the heat. If you have more than questions. By the time you leave the tickets. Tickets are sold on a first an hour to wait, you may want to -Due to the lack of space in rooms Castle complex you too will exclaim come, first served basis and tour size drive to the Ubehebe Crater. You can and the security risk, DAYPACKS "AH QUE DICHA!" is limited to 19 people. drive up to the rim. AND CAMERA BAGS ARE NOT PERMITTED. -Please inform the Ranger in the -Please use the restroom before you -CHILDREN are welcome on the ticket office of children in your party gather for the tour. There is not a SCOTTYS CASTLE TOURS that are less than six years old. They restroom available once the tour has tour. Strollers and baby backpacks are not allowed. Front packs are per­ Tour Schedule receive free tour tickets, but they are begun. Summer Season (May-Sept.) Periodically missible. Please carry or hold onto people too, and must be counted. throughout the day. Check the Visitor Cen­ -Arrive at the wishing well a few your small children. If you children ter or call Scotty's Castle for tour times. -While you are waiting, take one of minutes before the tour begins. The become extremely fussy, please con­ tour time is written on your ticket. Busy Season (Oct - Apr.) - Hourly, our self-guided walks of the grounds. sider the other people on the tour. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fees Tickets are sold the day of the tour on a first- come, first-served basis. Limit 19 people per tour. AdultsOJnAer 62) $6.00 SEWING IT UP by Suzanne Moody L~ Golden Age $3.00 Children (6-11 yrs.) $3.00 Children (under 6 yrs.) Free Hey! Why are the rangers at quite explicit leaving little doubt as Scotty's Castle dressed funny? to how the pieces should be fitted Tours are shortened during holiday periods from 50 to 30 minutes and fees are reduced Visitors to Scotty's Castle will now together. Period patterns, though, to half. find most of the rangers dressed in depend greatly on the sewer's basic Further Information period clothing of the 1930s. This knowledge of dress-making. For additional information call (619) is part of the living history program Pattern pieces are drawn to the 786-2392. designed to bring the ranch to life. approximate size leaving room for Where do they get their cos­ personal alteration, and directions tumes? A combination of many are slim to nonexistent. Sometimes sources provides clothing: thrift there is only a numbered diagram and surplus stores and specialty allowing the seamstress to figure Scotty's Castle mail order companies are good out­ out how to best fit the pieces lets, but even department stores together. Although this can end up note has carry fashions that accurately cap­ taking more time, it provides for RECYCLING ture the styles of the Depression specific tailoring, a high quality for Era. Sometimes pieces of clothing and accurate costume, and a believ­ can't be purchased so many of the able ranger. Once the garment is ALUMINUM!! articles worn by the staff are made completed, there is a true sense of Two bins are located near the by rangers who enjoy sewing. accomplishment, and a desire to gate to the parking lot. Your Commonly used fabrics of the tackle the next one. Fashions can donations of aluminum cans will 1930s - linen, wool and rayon chal- change rapidly through time, and help in decreasing the trash the lis are easily found in today's fabric visitors to Death Valley who Park Service has to handle and stores. Period patterns, however, remember wearing the styles of the will partially fund our recycling are a bit more difficult to locate. 30s have lived through many dif­ program. At present, we can only Fortunately there is a company that ferent patterns since this time. recycle aluminum so please help specializes in reproducing period us out by recycling your other materials back at home. Death clothing patterns. Peoples' dreams and hopes stay constant and the tours at Scotty's Valley is a pristine environment, Today's garment makers have little changed by human activi precisely drawn patterns available, Castle reflect this stability. The ties. Help us keep it that way... many times with options of various garment makers for the rangers' 'cart it in, cart it out!" sizes drawn on each piece by the costumes have helped to make this company. Directions are usually comparison possible. THANKS!! Page 8 Fall-Winter 1992-93 A DAY IN DEATH VALLEY

A Day in Death Valley 2-4 Hours The first step in planning your visit in • Any combination of the above OR Death Valley requires a stop at the Fur­ • Dante's View (steep road), 50 miles nace Creek Visitor Center located near OR the geographic center of the monument. • Keane Wonder Mine and Mill (walk), Maps, general information and a 40 miles OR museum are available. If you find your­ • Mosaic Canyon (walk), 55 miles OR self with only one day to spend in Death • Natural Bridge (walk), 32 miles Valley, there are a few areas that you will not want to miss. Below are some 4 Or More Hours suggestions, the time required and Any combination of the above OR round-trip mileages from the Furnace • Scotty's Castle and Ubehebe Crater, Creek Visitor Center. All of these areas 115 miles OR can be reached with any automobile. • Charcoal Kilns, 140 miles 1-2 Hours Many other areas in and around Death • Badwater, Devil's Golf Course and Valley are accessible to trucks and Artist's Drive, 44 miles OR DANTE'S VIEW 4-wheel-drive vehicles. Additional • Zabriskie Point and Twenty Mule information is available at the Furnace Team Canyon, 17 miles OR miles OR • Harmony Borax Works (walk), 3 Creek Visitor Center. Please drive care­ • Salt Creek and the Sand Dunes, 42 • Golden Canyon (walk), 6 miles OR miles fully and have a pleasant visit.

UBEHEBE CRATER - VOLCANOES DEATH VALLEY STYLE tys™!***, c

What comes to your mind when you think of a volcano? To most people, the word "volcano" brings images similar to Mount St. Helens of a huge, cone-shaped mountain formed by molten lava erupting from inside the earth. At the north­ ern end of Death Valley, however, there is a volcano in the shape of a crater 500 feet deep and a half-mile across. To the Shoshone people who lived here, Ubehebe Crater (yu bee hee bee) looked like a "basket in the rock;" not only because it is shaped like a basket, but also because the multi-colored layers of rock around the crater resemble the inside of a basket. There is some disagreement among researchers, because some feel "Ubehebe" does not mean "basket in the rock." Some believe it was named for Ubehebe Peak, which is 24 miles southwest of the crater. inches per second, the volcano Someone with an observant eye Ubehebe Crater is at the north The crater is an excellent exam­ deposited its volcanic ash along the may also notice that around the top end of Death Valley near Scotty's ple of what is called a "Maar" vol­ way. of the crater there is a layer of rock Castle (see the map on the back cano. Instead of hot magma forcing Today as we look at the colorful much darker than the lower, more page). As you drive out to visit the its way to the surface of the earth rock layers in the crater and the colorful strata. This layer can help crater, see if you pick out alluvial and creating a cone, this type of landforms surrounding it, we can to explain exactly how the steam fans along the sides of the valley. volcano is created from a steam piece together a story that took behaved when the explosion too These are formed by the force of explosion. Groundwater trapped thousands of years to create. The place. As the steam burst from the water carrying debris through the deep inside the earth is super heat­ rock layers show us that sand, earth, it was carrying volcanic ash high canyons during infrequent ed by surrounding molten rock, but mud, and gravel have been wash­ and cinder. This solidified and rainstorms. When the debris-laden instead of the magma erupting, the ing down the surrounding moun­ formed the darker layer that we see water reaches the canyon mouth it steam explodes, creating a crater tains in the form of alluvial fans. today - its called "tuff." However, spreads out, slows down, and drops rather than a mountain. Geologists Over thousands of years, the soils this "tuff" is not piled up evenly its load in the shape of a fan. As estimate that this explosion took compacted to form a type of rock around the Crater; it actually made you arrive at the Crater and see the place between three and five thou­ called "fanglomerate." Death landforms that remind some people fanglomerate layering, you can sand years ago. If you had been Valley is famous for its textbook of waves or sand dunes. This tells then imagine thousands of years of here to experience the explosion, examples of alluvial fans. If you us that most of the force of the sand, gravel and mud piling one you would have felt 100 mile-per- could dig deep down into one of explosion rolled across the ground alluvial fan on top of another. hour winds blowing steam, ash, them, you would probably find col­ depositing the volcanic material, Whatever you do, be sure to make and cinders across the ground and orful layers of compacted material rather than exploding straight up a stop at Death Valley's crater-style up 'ittThe air.-As-ste^rir^TCvIbscl-.'--;- tf , into 1 the air ana" :de'pc^itmg."the»*ds'h> yoLcanp.-.sometime;.dttriflg,yo,up across the ground moving at 20 -s^mi}aT't6'th«•' farig4omerate ' that you see at Ubehebe Crater today. evenly. visit! Fall-Winter 1992-93 Page 9 THE PRESERVATION OF MANZANAR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE C

In the spring of 1992 over 2,000 house remain intact today. There One internee remembered being on March 3, 1992. Manzanar was people attended what has become are many concrete foundations, told that they were being brought the first of the permanent an annual pilgrimage to the portions of the water and sewer to Manzanar "for their own pro­ Japanese-American relocation Manzanar War Relocation Center. systems, and portions of adminis­ tection," but then looked up to see camps and has been identified as There were two important reasons trative buildings. Much of the that the machine guns in the guard offering the best opportunities for this large attendance: To camps history has been preserved tower were faced toward the among the ten such camps for observe the 50th anniversary of in the form of collections of pho­ camp, not away from it. When interpretation of the Work War II the opening of the camp and to tos, drawings, paintings, and mis­ another was asked what she relocation program. Because of celebrate the dedication of cellaneous artifacts associated remembered most about this, the National Park Service, in Manzanar as a National Historic with manzanar. One of the best Manzanar she said, "the wind, it cooperation with local organiza­ Site. means of obtaining information never stopped,... I hate the wind." tions, is now starting the process The history of the Manzanar about Manzanar is through oral Many stories like these were of increasing the protection and War Relocation Center began two histories taken from those who told to the rangers from Death interpretation of this site. This months after the bombing of Pearl actually lived in the camp. Valley who worked at the dedica­ careful process will result in a Harbor when President Roosevelt The annual reunions to the camp tion ceremony. President Bush location where people can learn signed Executive Order 9066. provide a tremendous opportunity signed the bill establishing first hand about all facets of the This order called for people of to learn about the camp as they Manzanar National Historic Site War Relocation Program. Japanese ancestry residing on the are filled with strong emotions west coast to be placed in reloca­ and strong ties. The Internees tion camps. Construction of the relate stories of growing up in the Manzanar camp began in March camp; meeting their spouse there; DEATH VALLEY QUIZ 1942 and it soon filled and of the hardships their families remained in operation until the endured. Many families lost last residents were released in everything they owned while interned; others were lucky 1. What is borax used for? A. soap; year; D) Less than 10 inches of rain 1945. B. fiberglass; C. insecticide; D. the per year. Of all the structures that made enough to have a friend or neigh­ bor take care of their property heat resistant tiles of the space up the camp only the auditorium shuttle; E. all of the above. 7. Where is the lowest place in the and the stonework shells of the while they were in Manzanar or one of the other relocation camps. world? A) Death Valley; B) the pagoda-like police post and sentry 2. Death Valley is the lowest place Dead Sea, Jordan/Israel; C) Las in: A) the world; B) California; C) Vegas, Nevada; D) Lake Acyl, North America; D) the western Ethiopia hemisphere 8. Name the rare, endangered 3. Death Valley's largest native species of fish in Death Valley mammal is A) the mountain lion; National Monument. A)Devil's B) the desert bighorn; C) the mule Hole Pupfish; B) Colorado deer; D) the coyote Squawfish; C) Humpback Chub; D) Charlie the Tuna 4. The white stuff you see on the valley floor is: A) borax; B) flour; 9. The largest ghost town in the C) salt; D) a mirage Death Valley areas is: A) Skidoo; B) Leadfield; C) Rhyolite; D) 5. The elevation of Badwater is: A) Chloride City 1,292; B) 505; C) 0; D. - 282 ft. 10. Who built scotty's Castle? A) 6. To qualify for the definition of a the National Park Service; B) desert an area has to receive: A) Death Valley Scotty; C) the Gospel Less than 15 inches of rain per Foundation of California; D) Albert year; B) 0 inches of rain per year; Johnson C) Less than 2 inches of rain per Answers on page 10 PARK WATCH C Death Valley National Monument has implemented a program called Park Watch. The objective of Park Watch is to encourage park visitors and residents to take a more active role in protecting and preserving Death Valley Visitor Guide The Death Valley Visitor Guide is a publication of the Death Valley Naturals their park, by reporting any safety numbers of any vehicles, and report History Association in cooperation with the National Park Service, Death Valley! problems, crime, and vandalism. the incident as soon as possible. : National Monument. This publication is produced to inform and aid the park visi-i Report any crime or safety problems |tor. Together we can keep Death Valley Editors Glenn Gossard, Paul Zaenger, Kim Kassebaum to a park ranger or call (619) National Monument a safe and Production Kaye Doughtie, Chalfant Press 786-2330. IMPORTANT: If you enjoyable place for all. Printing Chalfant Press observe someone committing a Photo Credits National Park Service crime, DO NOT attempt to take TO REPORT AN INCIDENT Produced with the assistance of the National Park Service, Death Valley: National Monument. Special thanks to the staff and management of Chalfant: action yourself. This is a job for park CALL (619) 786-2330 I Prpec rangers. Note the location, descrip­ OR 911 OR ! ISSN 1054-8041 tion of the people involved, license CONTACT A PARK RANGER = Page 10 Fall-Winter 1992-93

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ANSWERS TO DEATH VALLEY QUIZ CZD The Monumental Task of Recycling 1. E: Borax was first mined in 6. D: A desert is defined as an Death Valley National Monument runs an ever-ex-panding recycling Death Valley in the 1890s and used area that receives less than 10 inch­ program. Our National Park Service offices recycle all those moun­ for soap. It is still being mined in es of precipitation a year. Death tains of white paper government notoriously generates, and several surrounding areas of Death Valley. Valley receives an average of 1.8 of our housing areas feature collection bins for glass, tin, plastic and Today's uses include fiberglass, inches per year. aluminum. As a visitor to Death Valley, you can deposit your alu ceramics, boric acid skin cleansers, minum cans at a new "high-tech" collection bin, (incorporating both insecticides, antifreeze among 7. B: The Dead Sea in Jordan and other things. Israel is -1,292 ft. can crusher and bin in one unit!) in front of the Furnace Creek Visitor Center. Almost every monument campground has at least one 2. D: The Western Hemisphere 8. A: The Devil's Hole pupfish is well-marked aluminum can collection bin also. found nowhere in the world but Remember, though, that you aren't recycling unless you buy recy 3. B: The desert bighorn stands 3 Devil's Hole, a cave filled with cled. Our nationwide supply of recyclable materials in some cases far ft. high and inhabits areas of bro­ water east of the actual valley. exceeds the demand: unless we can show consumer preference for ken terrain near reliable water Ground water pumping could items made from recyclables and consumer disdain for wasteful sources. lower the water level, causing the packaging, collecting recyclables is a futile exercise. species to become extinct. 4. C: Death Valley is a dry lake If recycling is something new for you, why not take a moment and called a playa. During the earth's 9. C: Rhyolite at one time had think about starting to practice the REDUCE-REUSE-RECYCLE cooler times Death Valley held 10,000 residents, a mining town ethic? Death Valley is a place that challenges common perceptions, large lakes. When these lakes founded in 1907 was at one time leads to unusual insights about the beauty of scarcity, and teaches the evaporated, causing some minerals the third largest city in Nevada. value of finite resources - a perfect place to reevaluate out commit­ to crystalize. In this case salt was Located Northwest of Furnace ment to protection and preservation of our planet and our lifestyle. one of the minerals. Creek 37 miles. 5. D: - 282 ft. 10. D: Albert Johnson Fall-Winter 1992-93 Page 11 VISITOR SERVICES

A variety of services is available within Death Valley National Monument during the visitor season (October - May 15). Summer months offer more limited services.

INFORMATION Death Valley Naitonal Monument Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort General Information (Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.; recording Fred Harvey, Inc. after hours) (619) 786-2331 TTY for hearing impaired (daily 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) (619) 786-2471 Scotty's Castle Services EMERGENCIES ONLY (24 hours) (619) 786-2330 or 911 Concessioner, TW Services, Inc. Beatty Ranger Station (702) 553-2200 Stovepipe Wells Village Concessioner, Fred Harvey, Inc. ACCOMMODATIONS Furnace Creek Ranch (619) 786-2345 Furnace Creek Inn (619) 786-2361 Reservations, Inn & Ranch (619) 786-2345 RESTAURANTS & SNACK BARS Stovepipe Wells Village (619) 786-2387 Furnace Creek Ranch Registration (SPW only) 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. Coffee Shop 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Cafeteria breakfast 5:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. lunch 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. SERVICE STATIONS Steak House 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Furnace Creek Chevron 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Corkscrew Saloon 12:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. Stovepipe Wells Chevron 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. 19th Hole Bar and Grill Dawn to Dusk Scotty's Castle 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Senor Coyote's Mexican Restaurant 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Diesel Fuel available at Furnace Creek, Beatty, Stateline, Lone Pine, Panam- Panamint Pizza 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. int Springs, Olancha and Trona. Ranch Pool Grill 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (Hours are flexible; check at Ranch Registration Desk) AUTO REPAIR AND TOWING Furnace Creek Garage (AAA) (619) 786-2232 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Furnace Creek Inn (Closed May 15 - Oct. 15) Dining Room CAMPER & TRAILER SERVICES lunch Noon - 1:30 p.m. PROPANE Sunday Brunch 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. AVIATION FUEL L'Ottimos Italian Cuisine 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (dinner) Furnace Creek Chevron available between 8 am. & 4 p.m. Oasis Lounge 11 a.m. - 1 a.m. Live Entertainment Dinner 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. GENERAL STORES & GROCERIES Furnace Creek Ranch 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Stovepipe Wells Stovepipe Wells 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Dining Room breakfast 6:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. dinner 6:00 - 9:30 p.m. Saloon 4:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. GIFT, BOOKS & APPAREL Scotty's Castle Snack Bar 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Furnace Creek Ranch 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Furnace Creek Inn 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (closed May 11-mid-October) Stovepipe Wells 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Scotty's Castle 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. OTHER SERVICES

MISCELLANEOUS DEATH VALLEY SIGHTSEEING TOURS ICE Furnace Creek Ranch Available at Furnace Creek Chevron, Stovepipe Wells General Store and Registration Office (619) 786-2345, Ext. 222 Scotty's Castle Snack Bar LAUNDROMAT HORSEBACK RIDES (Fall, Winter and Spring only) Open 24 hours. Furnace Creek Ranch - 1 and 2 hour rides, carriage rides(619) 786-2345 Furnace Creek Ranch - located on Roadrunner Ave. (by reservation)

POST OFFICE Furnace Creek Ranch Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. GOLF COURSE Closed Saturdays Furnace Creek Ranch Pro Shop (619) 786-2345 SHOWERS SWIMMING POOLS Furnace Creek Ranch - check at registration desk Furnace Creek Ranch 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Stovepipe Wells - check at registration desk $2.00 charge to non-guests, availability limited Stovepipe Wells 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. SERVICES OF WORSHIP $2.00 charge to non-guests, availability limited INTER-DENOMINATIONAL (Sponsored by A Christian Ministry in the National Parks) BEAUTY SHOP Furnace Creek Visitor Center Sunday 9:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Located across from Furnace Creek Inn Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Stovepipe Wells Sunday 10:00 a.m. Sat.: 8:30 a.m. - noon Check bulletin boards for time changes during holiday periods. appointments (619) 786-2361 ext. 170 or 786-2345 ext. 170 Page 12 Fall-Winter 1992-93

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT MAP

Mileages from Furnace Creek Visitor Center Miles Km. 9.5 Artists Drive 15 18 Badwater 29 41 Beatty 66 25 Dantes View 40 30 Death Valley Junction 48 13 Devils Golf Course 21 37 Rhyolite 60 14 Salt Creek 23 19 Sand Dunes 31 53 Scottys Castle 85 57 Shoshone via D.V. Jet. 92 24 Stovepipe Wells 39 56 Wildrose 90 56 Ubehebe Crater 90 4.5 Zabriskie Point 7.2