Death Valley is known as America’s hottest, driest and lowest national park. It holds the Guiness World Record for the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere: 134 degrees on July 10, 1913.

Death Valley is the largest National Park in the contiguous U.S. at 3.5 million acres. The hottest recorded day in the park's history was on July 10, 1913, when the temperature reached 134 degrees ...

A previously dry area in Death Valley National Park is now home to a lake, following heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hilary. NPS. With a heat wave descending on the region this weekend, the ...

The puzzling arrival and surprisingly long life of a new lake in Death Valley National Park has captivated park rangers, visitors and researchers this winter. The temporary lake arrived with the ...

Death Valley was designated a national monument in 1933 and made a national park on October 24, 1994. Visitation In 2021, Death Valley NP had 1,146,551 park visitors.

Death Valley has more miles of road than any other national park, boasting nearly 1,000 miles of roadway. In addition to the park’s paved roads , there is a vast network of dirt roads, many of ...

Death Valley National Park may be the most dramatic stretch of nature in the entire United States (and maybe even the world for that matter). After all, Death Valley has earned its status as the ...

The Death Valley National Park, which sits between California and Nevada, could take months to reopen after Tropical Storm Hilary dumped two inches of rain on the park. Fox News Media; ...

Extreme heat is both one of Death Valley’s greatest intrigues and its most serious safety concern. It’s not uncommon for a few people to die in the park from heatstroke in any given summer.

A 71-year-old man hiking Death Valley National Park on Tuesday was interviewed about the sweltering temperatures gripping the region hours before his suspected heat-related death. Steve Curry, of ...

Sunday’s tropical storm didn’t just close Death Valley National Park — it also isolated hundreds of residents, visitors and workers when floodwaters shut down California 190 and other park ...

Death Valley National Park’s harsh desert environment does kill, but Timbisha Shoshone tribal members say it’s really a place about life. VIEW E-EDITION. 99¢ for 6 mos.