Death Valley National Park

Funeral Mountains:

Sea level outside Furnace Creek

Telescope Peak, high above the Badwater Basin, at 11,043′ is the highest point within Death Valley NP and is the highest point of the Panamint Range. Hidden behind this mountain range and only 85 miles away is 14,505′ Mt Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous US.



They’ve redone the boardwalk and put in a new sign since we were here last:

282′ below sea level:

Artist’s Palette painted canyon of oxidized rocks




Mesquite Flat sand dunes:


Zabriskie Point badlands:


The Badwater Basin from Dante’s View 5,758′ above on Coffin Peak:

Schwaub Peak, Funeral Mountains