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NEVER ration your water. your ration NEVER trails. BEATTY DEATH VALLEY DEATH day, more if you are planning to hike any of the canyon canyon the of any hike to planning are you if more day, Bring a gallon of water – MINIMUM – per person per per person per – MINIMUM – water of gallon a Bring RULES OF DEATH VALLEY TRAVEL VALLEY DEATH OF RULES Welcome to Welcome Welcome to The road splits here and you will want to take the left hand WEST PARK TOUR road. At the end of the road you will turn Left onto MESQUITE SAND DUNES BEATTY DEATH VALLEY SR-190 towards Furnace Creek. AND THE DEVIL’S CORN HARMONY BORAX WORKS: See a Borax processing FIELD: Fuel up, get a sack lunch, site and borax wagon in this self-guided tour. snacks and drinks in Beatty before We hope you enjoy a safe and relaxing visit to you head to Death Valley. Take FURNACE CREEK VISITOR’S CENTER: Stop here the land of extremes. Hwy 374 to Hell’s Gate and on to learn more about the valley and to check on road and Day through Mud Canyon to the Valley To assist you with this we have developed 5 one-day site conditions. excursions. Each day includes up to 10 hours of floor , where you will take a left FURNACE CREEK RANCH: explorations including drive time, bringing you back to Stop here for lunch and an almost immediate right onto SR190 West. In about your home base in Beatty to enjoy the evening. and museums. You can also post a letter with a Death 4 miles you will see unusual looking bushes on both sides Valley Postmark at the local post office. of the road. This is the Devils Cornfield, and just beyond BADWATER: Leaving the ranch you will turn right onto are the Mesquite Sand Dunes. You might want to plan SOUTH PARK TOUR SR-190 for 1 mile and then right onto Badwater Road. a trip to the dunes at dawn or dusk to view spectacular Leaving Beatty on SR (State Badwater, the lowest point in the Continental U.S. is “running” shadows. Route)-374 Travel Southwest for about 30 minutes ahead. While there, look to the west to STOVEPIPE WELLS VILLAGE: You might also want to approximately 4 miles and turn right see Mt. Whitney, the tallest point in the Continental U.S. take a picture under the large thermometer. Return to on Rhyolite road. NATURAL BRIDGE: Time for a short hike! Leaving SR-190 turning right as you enter the highway. GOLDWELL OPEN AIR Badwater, turn left to retrace your route, and then right MOSAIC CANYON: Time for another hike! The hike MUSEUM: A museum like no other, onto the Natural Bridge Road. Take a short hike to view begins fairly easy and increases in difficulty until you come Day here you will see colossal sized works the natural bridge. You might even choose to take the up to a 40 ft dry waterfall! Return to SR-190, turn left, of art pop off the stark contrast of their desert backdrop. trailhead for a longer hike. and travel 9 miles then turn left onto Wild Rose Road. The GoldWell Open Air Museum is a whimsical outdoor sculpture garden that began in 1984 and is free to the public. ARTIST’S DRIVE: Leaving the Natural Bridge turn right CHARCOAL KILNS: Travel 21 miles on the older, onto Badwater Road for about 4 miles then turn right onto winding, Wild Rose road, then turn left onto Mahogany RHYOLITE, now a true ghost town, was at one time the Artist’s Drive. About half way through the drive stop to Flat Road for about 7 miles. They made Charcoal in these third largest community in Nevada! But the fates were not view Artist’s Pallet, a location where many of the minerals, Beehive Ovens. While exploring the inside of the ovens, kind to the town, built entirely on speculation, and it only each with their own color signatures, makes the hillside whisper a bit to experience the fabulous acoustics! existed for 11 years! look like a painter’s pallet. Return to Badwater Road and If you want to take the time to explore the area, there Leaving Rhyolite, turn right onto SR-374 and travel 12 miles. turn right onto SR-190. is a trailhead near the Kilns. Retrace your route back Be sure to check your odometer as you re-enter the highway! ZABRISKIE POINT: Stop for another great view of to SR-190 and turn left towards Panamint Springs. HELL’S GATE EXPERIENCE: From this point you will Death Valley. Return to SR-190 traveling east. DARWIN FALLS: Just past Panamint Springs you will soon begin to drop into the valley, but your next “Stop” DANTES VIEW: Take this 26 mile round trip to view turn left and travel down a dirt road to the Darwin Falls will excite more than your sense of sight and smell. You Badwater from almost 5600 feet above the Valley. Leaving parking area. Follow the trail to the Falls and enjoy a rest are about to shake hands with the devil as you pass through Dante’s View return to SR-190, turn right to continue out before returning to the trailhead. Retrace your route to “Hells Gate!” Near Mile Marker 10 you will want to turn of Death Valley. about 8 miles past Stovepipe Wells then turn right onto off your heater or cooler, roll down your windows and Salt Creek Road. put your hand outside. Within the next 3 miles you will AMARGOSA OPERA HOUSE: Turn right at the SALT CREEK TRAIL: Take a stroll along this self-guided experience Hell’s Gate! As you drop through the inversion Junction of SR-190 and SR-127 to visit this Oasis of boardwalk. You will travel along the Salt Creek marsh layer that holds the heat on the valley floor the temperature the arts in the desert. Ask for a tour of the Opera house and onto the end where the Salt Creek Pupfish live. The will raise from 10 to 20 degrees! And the temperature will to see the murals on the walls AND the ceiling. Leaving slainated stream is home to the Salt Creek Pupfish, a continue to increase as you approach the lowest point in the Opera House turn left and follow Hwy. 127 (changes unique and bizzarre creature that can survive in these harsh the Continental United States. to Hwy 373 at the Nevada border) to Hwy. 95 and back to Beatty for the evening. conditions. The small fish is most visible in the spring. Once you have greeted the devil you will want to take time Retrace your route back to SR-190, and travel back to for a photo opportunity at the Hell’s Gate rest area. Nearly Beatty for the evening. the entire southern valley comes into view here offering great aerial perspective shots of the valley. NEVADA RENO CARSON CITY ELY NORTHERN CASTLE TOUR SCOTTY’S CASTLE: Begin your day trip by stocking up on food and Day water, then take Hwy.