18 Best National Parks to Visit in March
After the relatively quiet winter months, March is the first month of the year where visitation visibly starts to rise across the National Park System. Some parks are at their …
Death Valley National Park
Snowcapped mountain peaks, billiard table-flat salt pans and trickling salt creeks, tall sand dunes, multicolored canyons and wild badlands make up the impressively varied landscapes of Death Valley National Park, California.
Not your typical desert, Death Valley is a place where superlatives are appropriate. This is a place of absolute extremes. Death Valley National Park is home to the lowest point in North America—Badwater Basin—and offers views of the highest mountain in the contiguous United States—Mount Whitney. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it’s also both the driest and hottest place on the continent.
Temporary Lake Manly Provides Unique Kayaking Experience in Death Valley National Park
This news story about the opportunity to go kayaking in Death Valley National Park is based on a February 16, 2024, National Park Service press release. You can read the …
13 Best National Parks to Visit in February
Well within the heart of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, February is typically a pretty quiet month in America’s national parks. In fact, only January tends to be even less …
Three Vehicles Got Stuck While Illegally Off-Roading in Death Valley National Park
This news story about illegal off-roading in Death Valley National Park is based on a December 30, 2023, National Park Service press release. You can read the original release here. …
23 Spectacular Day Hikes in the National Parks
The health benefits of hiking are well known and well documented nowadays. And few things are better for a “nature bath” than going on a reinvigorating hike in a national park. These are some of the greatest day hikes in the U.S. National Park System.
Top 7 Views in Death Valley National Park
As the largest national park in the contiguous United States, Death Valley National Park has plenty of attractions and activities to offer. You could spend several days, even weeks, exploring …
12 Best National Parks to Visit in December
As many people are holiday shopping, decorating their homes, and begin hunkering down for winter, December isn’t usually a busy month in the National Park System. There are, however, still …
Death Valley National Park Partially Reopens
This news story about the partial reopening of Death Valley National Park is based on an October 13, 2023, National Park Service press release. You can read the original release …
Tropical Storm Hilary Closes Death Valley, Other National Parks (With PHOTOS)
This news story about flooding in Death Valley National Park due to Tropical Storm Hilary is based on an August 20, 2023, National Park Service press release. You can read …
Can You Forage in National Parks? 17 Best National Parks for Foraging
If you’re a national parks lover who enjoys gardening, collecting wild edibles and foraging, you might wonder if foraging is allowed in the national parks. And, as surprising as it …
10 Wonderfully Warm National Parks to Escape Winter
A summer road trip to one or more of the national parks is arguably the quintessential American holiday. And although summer is an amazing time to visit many parks, there …
Remnants of Hurricane Kay Create Spectacular Waterfalls in Death Valley National Park [VIDEO]
This news story about Hurricane Kay-caused waterfalls in Death Valley National Park is based on a September 11, 2022, National Park Service press release. You can read the original release …
UPDATE – Popular Places in Death Valley National Park Will Reopen on August 20
This news story about the reopening of popular places in Death Valley National Park is based on an August 18, 2022, National Park Service press release. You can read the …
Last Week’s Flooding in Death Valley National Park Was a 1,000 Year Rain Event
This news story about a 1,000-Year flooding event in Death Valley National Park is based on an August 7, 2022, National Park Service press release. You can read the original …