Is there an underground lake in Death Valley?

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.



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Groundwater derived from the base of the Funeral Formation near Furnace Creek Ranch, is also sodium bicarbonate in character, as is the water from Mesquite Springs and Strainingers Spring near Scotty's Castle in the northern part of the valley.

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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.

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Bottomless pit is located just south of the well-known Titus Canyon in the Grapevine range. Death Valley National Park's first documented technical canyoneering fatality occurred in this canyon.

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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. Devils Hole provides its resident pupfish with conditions of constant temperature (92°F, 33°C) and salinity, unlike the fluctuating environments of many other pupfish.

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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. Devils Hole provides its resident pupfish with conditions of constant temperature (92°F, 33°C) and salinity, unlike the fluctuating environments of many other pupfish.

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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.

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Southern California hiker, 71, dies after trek in blistering Death Valley heat. DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California outdoor enthusiast died Tuesday after collapsing following an hours-long hike in Death Valley National Park, the world's hottest place.

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Death Valley's landscape has been changing for millions of years. It is changing now, and will continue to change long after we have departed. Erosion slowly carves away at the ancient rock formations, reshaping the surface of the land. The basin continues to subside and the mountains rise ever higher.

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At nearly 100 miles long and 600 feet deep, this massive lake filled Death Valley. To the west, on the other side of the Panamint Range (capped prominently with snow in the top image), was the slightly smaller Panamint Lake.

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Mountain lions are not the only predator in death valley; the coyote also eats these preys as well. This shows a competition between the coyote and the mountain lion. Another example is a fox and a jack rabbit.

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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.

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List of Facts About Death Valley National Park
  • Death Valley Was Inhabited By Native Americans.
  • A Famous Explorer Visited Death Valley.
  • Death Valley got its name from a group of lost goldminers.
  • Death Valley Has Its Own Castle.
  • A Woman Suffragist Helped To Promote Death Valley.
  • Death Valley featured its own television series.


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Devil's Hole was a moniker the area earned for its difficult terrain making it tough to navigate. The battle in 1763 only reinforced the nickname among locals, and it stuck.

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