One day in Death Valley is absolutely enough time to see many of the park's highlights. With two and three days, you can of course see a few more of the off the beaten path places and is ideal to cover pretty much all the park's best places to visit.
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Joshua Tree has probably the best weather conditions year round compared to Death Valley. If you want to see the desert wildflower bloom, visit in early spring (March-April). And even though Joshua Tree will often top 100 degrees in the summer, it is nothing like the average of 116 degrees Death Valley gets.
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.
If you like the idea of exploring sand dunes, climbing down into an extinct volcano, hiking through canyons, and seeing one of the United States' most unique landscapes, Death Valley is calling your name. With 2 days in Death Valley, you can see the main highlights, although more time allows you to explore further.
Avoiding the CrowdsVisitors tend to avoid the summer and crowd Death Valley on weekends and school holidays the rest of the year, especially in the spring. December and January are the quietest months (with the exception of Christmas week and Martin Luther King, Jr., Day weekend).
Death Valley Can Also Be ColdIt's true that, on most nights, the temperature doesn't go below 85°F or so. But in the winter and at night, Death Valley can reach temperatures of 15°F or -10°C or so.
The Milky Way season lasts from March to early May. If you're debating exactly when to go, check out your lunar schedule. The Death Valley night sky is best during a new moon so that there's zero interference from the moonglow, and the stars can shimmer in all their brilliance.
Pahrump. If you're looking for places to stay in Death Valley for more amenities, Pahrump, Nevada, is your best bet. The small town is about midway between Las Vegas and Death Valley, right on the California border.
Zabriskie Point is the most famous viewpoint in Death Valley National Park. Overlooking the colorful badlands of the Furnace Creek formation and beyond to the Panamint Mountains in the distance, Zabriskie Point is especially popular at sunrise and sunset.
Because transporting goods to Death Valley is both difficult and dangerous, gas prices are commonly higher than other places in Southern California and across the country. So as gas prices began to increase across the country, so did the already high prices in Death Valley.
Nighttime traffic is almost always light, and you can see vehicles from a long way. The main driving hazard is excessive speed. Some roads have curves that sneak up on you, and in the daytime, the awesome scenery can be very distracting. Single-vehicle accidents are the #1 cause of visitor deaths in Death Valley.