Sunrise as seen from the Furnace Creek Campground in Death Valley National Park in California. Some of the most spectacular sunrises we've ever seen have been at Death Valley.
Death Valley is famous for being the lowest, hottest, and driest place in America. The lowest point in the park, the Badwater Basin, is also the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere at 282 feet below sea level. We've seen tourists from Germany here during the summer take pictures of themselves next to a thermometer to show the folks back home what temperatures they got exposed to. The thermometer showed 117 degrees F. The record high temperature for Death Valley was 134 degrees Fahrenheit on July 10, 1913 and is considered to be the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth. As for dryness, Death Valley averages just over 2 inches of rainfall annually. We've visited the park during years when it got over 5 inches of rain and the wildflowers bust out all over thanks to the extra moisture.
We like to visit Death Valley during the winter, because of its relatively mild weather, but we have visited the park in every season.
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