Death Valley is a land of extremes. It
is one of the hottest places on the surface of the Earth.
It encompasses the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
at 282 feet below sea level. It is the driest place
in North America with an average rainfall of only 1.96
inches a year.
The Valley is east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It
is over 130 miles long, but only around 12 miles wide,
running roughly north-south near the border with Nevada.
From an elevation of 1000 meters at the north end, the
land slopes down steadily and for 70 miles the floor
is below sea level, reaching a low point of -86 meters
at Badwater, the lowest point in the Western hemisphere.
Death Valley National Park sprawls across 3.4 million
acres, making it the largest national park in the contiguous
United States.
Death Valley National Park is transected from east to
west by California Highway 190. On the east in Nevada,
U.S. Route 95 parallels the park from north to south
with connecting highways at Scotty's Junction (State
Route 267), Beatty (State Route 374), and Lathrop Wells
(State Route 373). South of the park, Interstate 15
passes through Baker, California on its way from Los
Angeles to Las Vegas. State Route 127 travels north
from Baker to Shoshone and Death Valley Junction with
connections to the park on State Route 178 from Shoshone
and connection with California Highway 190 at Death
Valley Junction.
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