Death Valley National Park
Visitor Services
Despite Death Valley's fearsome reputation and famously barren landscape, the National Park Service and a number of concessioners have taken steps to ensure that your trip is as smooth as it is inspiring. The Death Valley infra-structure includes gift shops, outfitters, postal services and all the other necessities that make planning a trip easy. Does a member of your party use a wheelchair? Visit one of Death Valley's many accessible locations listed below. Have a question about park rules and regulations? See the end of this section for tips that will help keep the park pristine and your visit safe.
Visitor Services
Auto Repair
There is a service station at Furnace Creek Ranch. For more information, call (760) 786-2345.
Banking Services
ATMs are located at Furnace Creek Ranch and Stovepipe Wells. For more information, call (760) 786-2345.
Emergencies
Call 911 in case of emergency.
Food and Supplies
Furnace Creek Ranch (760) 786-2381 and Stovepipe Wells Village (760) 786-2578 provide small camper stores with staple goods and supplies.
First Aid
Call 911 and (760) 786-2330 for 24-hour ranger dispatch.
Gift Shops
Visitors can find gift shops at Furnace Creek Inn and Furnace Creek Ranch (760) 786-2381, Stovepipe Wells Village (760) 786-2578 and Scotty's Castle (760) 786-2392.
Laundromat
There is a laundromat on Roadrunner Avenue at Furnace Creek Ranch, open 24 hours a day.
Medical Services
•â€‚ Beatty Clinic: Beatty, NV (775) 553-2208.
•â€‚ Pahrump Medical Center: Pahrump, NV (775) 727-6060.
•â€‚ Death Valley Health Center: Shoshone, CA (760) 852-4383.
•â€‚ Southern Inyo Co. Hospital: Lone Pine, CA (760) 876-5501.
•â€‚ Nye County Medical Center: Tonopah, NV (775) 482-6233.
Pay Phones
There are pay phones at Furnace Creek Visitor Center, Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch, Stovepipe Wells, Grapevine Ranger Station and Highway 190 near Dante's View turnout.
Postal Services
The Furnace Creek Ranch has a post office open Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call (760) 786-2223.
Recycling
Join the National Park Service, Xanterra Parks & Resorts®, U.S. Postal Service and the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe's efforts to preserve the environment by recycling. Look for recycling bins at the campgrounds, visitor center, ranger stations and hotel facilities.
Religious Services
There is an Interdenominational Christian Worship at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center Auditorium on Sundays at 9 a.m.
Service Station
Furnace Creek, Scotty's Castle, Panamint Springs Resort and Stovepipe Wells Village, sell gas within the park.
Showers
Showers are available for a small fee at Stovepipe Wells Village and Furnace Creek Ranch.
Accessibility -
All of Death Valley National Park's visitor centers, contact stations and museums are accessible to all visitors. The campgrounds, with the exceptions of Texas Spring and the outlying campgrounds at Wildrose, Thorndike, and Mahogany Flat, all have accessible sites. The grounds at Scotty's Castle are accessible to all visitors. The wheelchair-lift to the upper floors of the main house is nonfunctional at this time.
Death Valley In Depth
News from the Parks
Lassen Peak: a living laboratory of volcanic activity
October 13, 2008 - 3:54pm
The southernmost mountain in the Cascades was established as a national park in 1916. Today, Lassen is one of the best-kept secrets in the federal system. Its 10,457-foot namesake mountain dominates the western section of the park, while to the east, cinder cones rise above a lava plateau and small lakes dot the pine forests.
October 13, 2008 - 3:54pm
The southernmost mountain in the Cascades was established as a national park in 1916. Today, Lassen is one of the best-kept secrets in the federal system. Its 10,457-foot namesake mountain dominates the western section of the park, while to the east, cinder cones rise above a lava plateau and small lakes dot the pine forests.
Local Tourism Will Get Boost from Historic Site
October 9, 2008 - 3:47pm
The Auburn-Opelika area is expected to get a boost in tourism from the opening of a completely redesigned Tuskegee Airman National Historic Site, operated by the National Park Service just down I-85 from Auburn in the nearby city of Tuskegee.
October 9, 2008 - 3:47pm
The Auburn-Opelika area is expected to get a boost in tourism from the opening of a completely redesigned Tuskegee Airman National Historic Site, operated by the National Park Service just down I-85 from Auburn in the nearby city of Tuskegee.
Visitors Flock to Sandburg Home for Poetry, Goats and Hiking Trails
October 9, 2008 - 3:37pm
When the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site was established 40 years ago, the mission was to preserve legacy and literary works of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sandburg. His modest home was kept intact with all the furnishings, magazines and newspapers in place when Sandburg died in 1967. National Park Service staff designed interpretive tours of the home, and public programs were given at the dairy goat farm that Sandburg's wife, Lilian, operated.
October 9, 2008 - 3:37pm
When the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site was established 40 years ago, the mission was to preserve legacy and literary works of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sandburg. His modest home was kept intact with all the furnishings, magazines and newspapers in place when Sandburg died in 1967. National Park Service staff designed interpretive tours of the home, and public programs were given at the dairy goat farm that Sandburg's wife, Lilian, operated.
Long Road Ahead
October 9, 2008 - 3:33pm
As C&O Canal National Historical Park Superintendent Kevin Brandt spoke to a small crowd gathered to learn about the breach in the canal's towpath on Saturday morning, Oct. 4, some late stragglers to the gathering walked down a temporary staircase to the muddy canal bottom and made their way past the gaping crater in the canal wall. "Holy moly," one man exclaimed as he walked past the jagged cavity filled with twisting tree roots, chicken wire and trickling water roped off by yellow caution tape.
October 9, 2008 - 3:33pm
As C&O Canal National Historical Park Superintendent Kevin Brandt spoke to a small crowd gathered to learn about the breach in the canal's towpath on Saturday morning, Oct. 4, some late stragglers to the gathering walked down a temporary staircase to the muddy canal bottom and made their way past the gaping crater in the canal wall. "Holy moly," one man exclaimed as he walked past the jagged cavity filled with twisting tree roots, chicken wire and trickling water roped off by yellow caution tape.
Canyon Victim from Scottsdale
October 9, 2008 - 3:29pm
A man who died after falling 250 feet into the Grand Canyon has been identified as a Scottsdale resident, the Associated Press reported.
October 9, 2008 - 3:29pm
A man who died after falling 250 feet into the Grand Canyon has been identified as a Scottsdale resident, the Associated Press reported.
