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FURNACE CREEK
DANTE'S VIEW,
DEATH VALLEY
TRONA PINNACLES
RED ROCK CANYON
STATE PARK
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP
VASQUEZ ROCKS
NATURAL AREA PARK
LOS ANGELES
From Salt Creek, it's another 16 miles until you arrive at the Oasis
at Death Valley. In the resort's more casual Ranch at Death Valley,
PHOTOGRAPH: (RED ROCK CANYON STATE PARK) LAURIN RINDER, (ZABRISKIE POINT) ARMIN ADAMS
enjoy baby-back ribs in a prickly pear barbecue sauce at the Last
Kind Words Saloon. Although only open since 2018, thanks to the
many authentic artifacts, the restaurant re-creates the atmosphere
of a classic Old West saloon. Down the road, the luxurious Inn
at Death Valley, which debuted in 1927, recently underwent a
major renovation and offers such pleasures as a spring-fed pool
that perpetually remains in the high-80s-perfect for the valley's
surprisingly chilly winter nights.
Wake up early for a day of exploration that hits many park
highlights. Less than 10 minutes from the inn, you won't want to
miss sunrise from Zabriskie Point, which looks out over badlands
that brighten to gold with the first light of day as the Panamint
Ranch glows pink in the distance. A few minutes to the south,
ZA B R I SKI E POI N T
follow the 2.5-mile backroad that explores the badlands of Twenty
Mule Team Canyon, where scenes from Star Wars Episode VI:
Return of the Jedi were filmed.
The unpaved, one-way road rejoins Highway 190 as it continues
to a turnoff for Dante's View. This is a longer detour-about 16 miles
lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level, where a
boardwalk leads out onto the valley's salt flats.
Work your way back up Badwater Road for short hikes that
round-trip-but at an elevation of 5,475 feet, Dante's View delivers
include the one-mile round-trip to the rock span at Natural Bridge
the quintessential Death Valley panorama as you look down on salt
and the three-mile up-and-back hike through Golden Canyon to
flats more than a mile below.
While there's a way to loop around from Highway 190 and
the remarkable formations at Red Cathedral. But there's no better
end to the day than following one-way, nine-mile Artists Drive as it
join Badwater Road in Death Valley, you'll actually save time by
meanders through badlands to Artists Palette. With colorful rock
backtracking. So return north on Highway 190. Then at the resort,
ranging from green to red to violet, Artists Palette spectacularly
drive south on Badwater Road, continuing past the craggy mineral
proves that despite its name, Death Valley is anything but a drab
formations of the Devil's Golf Course to Badwater Basin, the
and lifeless place.
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