Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park is a national park that is mostly in the , with a small portion extending into . Many potential visitors ignore the park due to the misconception that it is a lifeless, empty landscape, but this park covers 3.4 million acres.
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Photo: Lena Berger 1986, Public domain.
  • Type: Park
  • Description: national park in California and Nevada in the United States
  • Also known as: Death Valley National Monument”, “DEVA”, and “hottest place in the world
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skidoo.

Locality
was an unincorporated community in , . The geographical location of the old town site lies at an elevation of 5,689 feet. is a ghost town located in Death Valley National Park. is situated 5 miles southwest of Death Valley National Park.

Death Valley National Park

Latitude
36.49363° or 36° 29′ 37″ north
Longitude
-117.09091° or 117° 5′ 27″ west
Elevation
6,093 feet (1,857 metres)
IATA airport code
DTH
Open location code
8584FWV5+FJ
Geo­Names ID
5342048
Wiki­data ID
Q242111
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Death Valley National Park” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Death Valley- Nasionale Park
  • Albanian: Parku Lugina e Vdekjes
  • Arabic: متنزه وادي الموت الوطني
  • Arabic: متنزه وطني وادي الموت
  • Azerbaijani: Ölüm Dərəsi Milli Parkı
  • Balinese: Taman Nasional Death Valley
  • Balinese: Taman Nasional Lebah Kamatian
  • Basque: Heriotzaren Haranaren Parke Nazionala
  • Bulgarian: Долина на смъртта
  • Bulgarian: Долината на смъртта
  • Catalan: Death Valley National Park
  • Catalan: Parc Nacional de la Vall de la Mort
  • Catalan: Parc Nacional Death Valley
  • Catalan: Parc Nacional Vall de la Mort
  • Cebuano: Death Valley National Park
  • Chinese: 死亡峡谷
  • Chinese: 死亡峡谷国家公园
  • Chinese: 死亡峽谷
  • Chinese: 死亡峽谷國家公園
  • Chinese: 死亡穀
  • Chinese: 死亡谷
  • Chinese: 死亡谷国家公园
  • Chinese: 死亡谷國家公園
  • Chinese: 死谷公园
  • Chinese: 死谷公園
  • Chinese: 死谷国家公园
  • Croatian: Death Valley
  • Croatian: Dolina smrti
  • Croatian: Nacionalni park Dolina smrti
  • Czech: Death Valley National Park
  • Czech: Národní park Death Valley
  • Czech: Údolí smrti
  • Danish: Death Valley National Park
  • Dutch: Death Valley
  • Esperanto: Nacia Parko Valo de Morto
  • Estonian: Surmaoru rahvuspark
  • Finnish: Death Valleyn kansallispuisto
  • Finnish: Kuolemanlaakson kansallispuisto
  • French: Death Valley National Park
  • French: Parc national de la Vallee de la mort
  • French: parc national de la vallée de la Mort
  • French: Parc national de la vallée de la Mort
  • French: Parc national de la Vallée de la Mort
  • Georgian: სიკვდილის ველის ეროვნული პარკი
  • German: Death Valley National Park
  • German: Death Valley
  • German: Death-Valley-Nationalpark
  • German: Death-Valley
  • Hebrew: הפארק הלאומי עמק המוות
  • Hebrew: עמק המוות
  • Hebrew: פארק לאומי עמק המוות
  • Hungarian: Death Valley Nemzeti Park
  • Icelandic: Death Valley-þjóðgarðurinn
  • Indonesian: Taman Nasional Lembah Kematian
  • Italian: Parco nazionale della Valle della Morte
  • Italian: Punti notevoli della Valle della Morte
  • Japanese: デスヴァレー国立公園
  • Japanese: デスバレー国立公園
  • Korean: 데스 밸리 국립 공원
  • Korean: 데스 밸리 국립공원
  • Korean: 데스밸리 국립 공원
  • Korean: 데스밸리 국립공원
  • Latvian: Death Valley National Park
  • Latvian: Nāves ielejas nacionālais parks
  • Lithuanian: Mirties slėnio nacionalinis parkas
  • Macedonian: Национален парк Долина на Смртта
  • Malay: Taman Negara Death Valley
  • Malay: Taman Negara Lembah Kematian
  • Malay: Taman Negara Lembah Maut
  • Malayalam: ഡെത് വാലി ദേശീയോദ്യാനം
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Death Valley nasjonalpark
  • Norwegian: Death Valley nasjonalpark
  • Persian: پارک ملی دث ولی
  • Persian: پارک ملی دره مرگ
  • Polish: Park Narodowy Death Valley
  • Polish: Park Narodowy Dolina Śmierci
  • Polish: Park Narodowy Doliny Śmierci
  • Portuguese: Death Valley National Park
  • Portuguese: Parque Nacional do Vale da Morte
  • Romanian: Parcul Național Death Valley
  • Romanian: Parcul Naţional Death-Valley
  • Romanian: Parcul Național Death-Valley
  • Russian: Долина Смерти
  • Russian: Национальный парк Долина Смерти
  • Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Nàiseanta Death Valley
  • Serbian: Национални парк Долина смрти
  • Spanish: Parque nacional del Valle de la Muerte
  • Spanish: Valle de la muerte
  • Swedish: Death Valley nationalpark
  • Tamil: சாவுப் பள்ளத்தாக்கு தேசியப் பூங்கா
  • Turkish: Death Valley Ulusal Parkı
  • Turkish: Ölüm Vadisi Millî Parkı
  • Ukrainian: Долина Смерті
  • Uzbek: Ajal vodiysi
  • Vietnamese: Vườn Quốc gia Death Valley
  • Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Thung lũng Chết
  • Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia thung lũng Death
  • Welsh: Parc Cenedlaethol Dyffryn Marwolaeth
  • Wu Chinese: 死亡谷国家公园
  • Yue Chinese: 死亡谷
  • Yue Chinese: 死人谷

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Death Valley National Park”. Photo: Lena Berger 1986, Public domain.