Titus Canyon Grand Loop by Mountain Bike | Death Valley National Park, California
The Titus Canyon Grand Loop by Mountain Bike is a huge 65.6-mile loop beginning and ending in Death Valley, California at a rest area just North of the intersection of Highway 394 (Daylight Pass Road) and Scotty’s Castle Road. There is no 2-car assist here. No car parked on each end of Titus Canyon. No one-way trip down Titus Canyon. Instead, the entire loop both up and down is made by mountain bike. Route details: Approx. 66 Miles; 7,000ft Elevation Gain; **1/2 Asphalt Rd, 1/2 Unpaved Rd** Click image or title above for more…
Tea House and Table Rock | Furnace Creek Ranch | Death Valley National Park, California
Tea House and Table Rock in Death Valley is a hike that delivers a huge reward in a short time. You will experience expansive 360 degree views of Death Valley. First of all, there are spectacular views up and down the length of Death Valley from the North to the South. Across to the West one can see the entire length of the Panamint Mountain Range. There is even a small cemetery with early explorer grave sites on one of the hills along the route. Route details: Approx. 2-4 Miles Circuit; -190 > about 300ft **No Trails, Navigate Desert** Click image or title above for more…
Return of Lake Manly | Lake in Death Valley | Death Valley National Park, California
Over time, Death Valley floor gradually became one of the lowest, hottest and driest places on earth. Lake Manly slowly evaporated leaving the salt flats at the base of Death Valley. Occasionally, a memory of Lake Manly returns to the floor of Death Valley in times when enough moisture manages to make it over the surrounding mountains. During this wet enough Winter, I had to stop and explore, making it nearly to the middle of the valley, to the shore of the very temporary Lake Manly. Route details: 2-4-mile RT; **Salt Flat, Streams and a Temporary Lake.
Natural Bridge Canyon | Death Valley National Park, California
Natural Bridge Canyon in Death Valley National Park, California, contains one of the most massive and spectacular natural bridges I have seen. The entire area was once a huge alluvial fan of composite rock washed down from the Black Mountains above. Over time the fan hardened, and subsequent floods cut through the fan creating a fairly narrow canyon with high sheer vertical wall borders towering up from 40 to 100ft or more on either side. About a mile up the canyon from the parking area at the canyon’s entrance there is a massive natural bridge formed when water tunneled through the composite rock. Route details: Approx. 4 Miles RT
500ft Elevation Gain **Canyon Wash Route** Click image or title above for more…
Keane Wonder Mine | Death Valley National Park, California
Keane Wonder Mine offers both historical artifacts from the early 1900’s mining boom in the Death Valley Region and a great hike with a spectacular view of Death Valley. See old mine shafts and a aerial tram that transported gold ore down a steep stretch of the Funeral Mountains. A historic timeline is included. Approx. 4 Miles RT; 1,500ft Elevation Gain **Good Trail Almost All the Way** Click image or title above for more…
Golden Canyon to Zabriskie Point | Death Valley National Park, California
Golden Canyon in Death Valley is one of the most popular destinations to visitors of the valley. This is because of its unique beauty and easy accessibility. The entrance to Golden Canyon is only a few miles from Furnace Creek Ranch and The Inn at Death Valley along the well-traveled, paved Badwater Road. Within a few steps you find yourself in a beautiful canyon with high walls that instantly take you back in geological time. In places it’s clear even to this non-geologist where walls in the canyon were once horizontal, perhaps on an ancient lake bed, but over time were pushed upward to 45 degree angles. Route details: Approx. 8 Miles Circuit 535 > about 834ft **Well Marked & Traveled Route** Click image or title above for more…
Fall Canyon | Death Valley National Park, California
Fall Canyon in Death Valley National Park is the wilder, lesser known neighbor just a short walk to the North of the more popular Titus Canyon. Unlike Titus Canyon you cannot drive through Fall Canyon. However, the show stopper here are the towering cliff walls surrounding you in Fall Canyon. Many of the walls have brilliant stripes and designs composed of orange and black dolomite and limestone, referred to as Banded Bonanza King formations. Alternately there are narrows with high walls smoothed by the rushing water and rocks from past flash floods. In addition there are what I refer to as “The Hanging Gardens of Fall Canyon” as you pass between cliffs decorated with hanging plants seemingly growing out of the solid rock walls. Route Details: Approx. 6 Miles RT; 2,460ft Elevation Gain **Rocky Canyon Wash Trail** Click image or title above for more…
Death Valley In a Day | Death Valley National Park, California
Death Valley in a day is a one day whirlwind tour of many of the most popular sites in Death Valley National Park, California. It’s a great place to start if you are planning a brief first-time visit and overview of Death Valley. Locations visited in order: Dante’s View at sunrise, Zabriskie Point, Ubehebe Crater, Titus Canyon, Mesquite Sand Dunes, Devil’s Cornfield, Salt Creek, Harmony Borax Works, Furnace Visitor Center, Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley Museum, Devil’s Golf Course, Badwater Basin, Artist’s Drive, Golden Canyon, The Inn and Oasis at Death Valley. Sunrise to sunset in Death Valley.
Twenty Mule Team Canyon | Death Valley National Park, California
Twenty Mule Team Canyon is the original late 19th century bad lands route for the famous Twenty Mule Team wagons that hauled borax ore from the Harmony Borax Works in Furnace Creek out of Death Valley, 165 miles away to Mojave, California. Today you can drive through Twenty Mule Team Canyon on a good unpaved road to see the same surroundings the original Twenty Mule Team Canyon wagon drivers viewed. You will also see signs of historic borax prospecting in the canyon. Approx. 4 Miles Loop; 500ft Elevation Gain **Unpaved and Paved Roads** Click image or title above for more…
01 Death Valley National Park Overview
Death Valley National Park, California: View Hiking and Trail Running Adventures in Death Valley, one of the hottest places on planet Earth! Death Valley National Park is massive and offers deep wilderness adventure opportunities, car camping and sightseeing from numerous spectacular viewpoints, and lodging in cabins, motels and a luxurious Inn. Hiking includes everything from the salt pan desert floor below sea level to the spectacular peaks of the Panamint Mountain Range topping 11,000ft in elevation. In Death Valley you can find weird salt formations and ancient Bristlecone Pine trees. Best time of year to visit lower regions: Late Fall through Early Spring. Best time of year to visit the Panamint Mountains above 6,000ft: Late Spring through early Fall. Follow thumbnail images to view the details you will need to plan your adventures here. Click image or title above for more…
