Death Valley National Park

P.O. Box 579
Death Valley, CA 92328

Visitor Information: (760) 786-3200
Commercial Permits: (760) 786-3241
By Fax: (760) 786-3283

www.nps.gov/deva/

Quick Facts:

• Death Valley is a land of extremes. Hottest, Driest, Lowest
• It is one of the hottest places on the surface of the Earth with summer temperatures averaging well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
• At 282 feet below the level of the sea, it is the driest place in North America with an average rainfall of only 1.96 inches a year.
• Land of subtle beauties: Morning light creeping across the eroded badlands of Zabriskie Point to strike Manly Beacon, the setting sun and lengthening shadows on the Sand Dunes at Stovepipe Wells, and the colors of myriad wildflowers on the golden hills above Harmony Borax on a warm spring day.