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Also known as: The Hottest Place on Earth
Death Valley is an unincorporated desert valley community located in the northern Mojave Desert of Eastern California, primarily contained within Death Valley National Park. Known as one of the hottest and driest places on Earth, its dramatic landscape features below-sea-level salt flats, stark badlands, and extreme rock formations. The community historically centered around borax mining operations and has evolved into an essential, rugged base for geological research and wilderness exploration.
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Suggested stay: 2–3 days
Stand on the expansive crystalline salt flats of Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America. Watch the sunrise paint the deeply eroded golden clay hills at Zabriskie Point. Drive along the spectacular, colorful mineral hills of Artist's Drive, and slide down the towering Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes at dusk.
