Sitting some 190 feet below sea level, Furnace Creek, California, is a small town in Death Valley National Park that's home to the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, a gas station, a few campgrounds and a pair of hotels.
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Life in Death ValleyCoyotes, ravens, roadrunners, ground squirrels and lizards are the most commonly seen wildlife of the region, but there are many species who thrive here, hidden or unnoticed by visitors.
Panamint City is a ghost town deep in the Panamint Mountains of Death Valley. It's historic, well preserved and hard to reach. More than 130 years after Panamint City's peak as a silver boomtown, it looks a lot like a post-modern apocalyptic summer camp.
Slab City is unincorporated and took its name from concrete slabs left behind after the Marine Corps abandoned the camp (it was a World War Two Marine Corps training camp called Camp Dunlap). By 1956, the Marines had abandoned the base and removed the buildings except for the concrete slabs.
The Panamint Dunes are described as the least visited and most isolated series of sand dunes in Death Valley National Park. They are visible from the Panamint Springs Resort.
The highs for Death Valley in the spring months average between 82-100°F (27-38°C) with lows averaging 55-73°F (13-23°C). March and through mid-April are great months to visit the park, but by end of April into May starts the consistent 100 degree days.
Located in southern Nevada, the “hole” itself is a fissure in the earth's surface that split open 60,000 years ago to reveal an astonishing underworld: a water-filled limestone cavern. Ironically, beneath the hottest, driest place in the Western Hemisphere stretches a vast aquifer system.
Most residents are seasonal campers, hunters, or miners. However, there are also a small number of permanent residents who live in Death Valley year-round. Most people who set foot in Death Valley are tourists. It attracts people from all over the world.
The Kingdom of Shin-au-av: For centuries, legends of an underground city and an ancient race in Death Valley have been told in the Paiute Legend of the Kingdom of Shin-au-av. This place, meaning “God's Land” or “Ghost Land,” is sacred to the Paiute.
Devils Hole itself is a water-filled cavern cut into the side of a hill. The cavern is over 500 feet (152 m) deep and the bottom has never been mapped.
Death Valley National Park's geology includes erosion, crustal sinking, volcanic eruptions and fault activity. It is unique because it includes igneous rock, metamorphic and sedimentary rock. Ancient seas covered the area and deposited layers of marine sediment, including fossil evidence of marine animals.
Yes, It Even Can SnowNWS-Las Vegas official records say a trace of snow was recorded on three other dates, most recently January 4-5, 1974, and January 22, 1962. A prolonged cold snap in January of 1949 also deposited trace snow amounts in the valley, briefly covering the ground at Furnace Creek Ranch before melting.
Official records note 0.5 inches of snow fell on Death Valley in the deserts of California on Jan.29, 1922. The records go back to 1911. The National Weather Service said there have been half a dozen times since 1922 that snow has been observed in the park, but all accumulations have never reached above a trace.