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J a c Trust lands, located by dots k S Deep N a Scotty’s Castle In winter carry s sand at left, are also shown on the s A chains. Road Y C Visitor Center and Museum E F L large map. The Act also pro- may be closed. la L L t s I A vides special use areas, includ- E V N Road conditions ing the Timbisha Shoshone E require experienced Timbisha Shoshone Natural and Cultural Preserva- INYO IS Natural and Cultural 4-wheel drivers. 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O Y E T N N O CAN A A E Y A IT C Daylight Pass TS Saline N O T LA O N A 4316ft F Valley White Top B I 1316m SS S N Busted Dunes Mountain Y KA Teakettle Junction c Corkscrew Peak C R Butte JA A o S D 95 t Mount Inyo t 11107ft y ’ s R 3385m Information A V C C A a 29mi E T s M T H R L t 46km R M I l D e L A E Death Valley 7mi D P C Hells Gate E S R E C 11km K Q Buttes A Y N U o O H a A O IT The d m E N M T a Grandstand O Chloride Cliff r V 7mi Ubehebe Peak T Y g A o V A N O 11km G s O U 5678ft A L A Keane A a L C L N 1731m E 10mi L Wonder W Y E D W F Kit Fox 16km Y LA U Mine R E T Hills M N O N S Historic B Keane F G Big a Lathrop Wells O N The e n Stovepipe Well Dune S a Wonder U Racetrack d Information R t D i t Mill O v T F y O N e l r Ulida a YON N 9mi t A M C To Manzanar Flat 14km E S A E 7mi C National Historic Site O L N Mesquite Flat A u R NE B O 11km LS R Sand Dunes t A O U Y Devils o Lone Pine N A A Indian I N f Cornfield R N M f Pass A A C L N N M S G T a O lt To D Stovepipe Wells E A S S O Las Vegas S M A Salt Creek M I O Village In winter carry I C D N Interpretive W Eastern Sierra chains. Road O Hunter N C Trail may be closed. S A Interagency TO U 136 Mountain T 8mi N C E Visitor Center O Y r 190 7454ft C 13km In winter carry O e N 2272m N e S chains. Road k T I A Cerro Gordo Peak may be closed. A E Amargosa Valley 18mi 9184ft V 29km I 2799m South Pass Winters Peak N R L A E 5033ft E N 1534m S L TUCKI MOUNTAIN MUSTARD 12mi T 19km L E CANYON 395 N Emigrant 373 E IG Harmony Borax Works Nevares Keeler MO Peak Y LE ON 6732ft Interpretive Trail NY 2052m F CA CA L NYON A T Vehicles longer T than 25 feet O (7.7meters) H Furnace Creek SEE C Schwaub J not allowed. E A DETAIL Peak Y E Visitor Center Devils Hole H m Skidoo MAP A Death Valley Panamint W i (townsite) ABOVE g 23mi National Park Dunes K r Day use only a E 37km OWENS LAKE R n Panamint Refuge (dry) t Butte C Zabriskie Point Headquarters A Golden Canyon F 21mi N u C r Twenty Mule Y Interpretive Trail 40km a na Team Canyon O n c ASH y e N o 6mi o Hole in Pyramid Peak MEADOWS Towne Pass n 9km n C the Wall e re 6703ft NATIONAL T e 4956ft w k C 2043m Harrisburg a Information WILDLIFE U N Lake Hill 1511m Artis y D O R Flats ts W E Pinto Peak REFUGE Y 2030ft o D a U 10mi N a r s Q 190 W A 619m V h BO C d iv 16km A N I e A 18mi o 127 S R n E 29km 21mi e L 33mi Aguereberry Point w E Eureka 34km a G 53km Day use only y N Mine 190 Artists A 6433ft 3040ft 15mi Father Crowley Point Palette d S 1961m 927m a O 24km Darwin Emigrant Pass A o L R Panamint Springs TRAIL e D Falls C 5318ft A Vehicles longer in A 1621m N than 25 feet L R Y ON 18mi te To Pahrump W (7.7meters) ta O CA 29km S and Las Vegas I M NYO not allowed. L N E N O N W 11mi 190 E P R a L R Death Valley Junction 17km 13mi C n E a Wildrose 21km Amargosa Opera House N m T Devils E i N n Wildrose Peak Golf Course Trailer N Darwin H t OSE 9064ft Natural IA I R parking L LD 2763m Bridge L L I CA EATH C F S W D Y ANY L L N VALLE ON A 15mi YO Badwater Basin T V N Charcoal Kilns Lowest elevation in a 24km North l the U.S., 282ft (86m) A l Rough, narrow, winding e below sea level Haiwee y road.
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