Death Valley National Park is the largest American National Park outside of Alaska. You can access points of interest by a variety of means, including auto, tour bus, four-wheel drive vehicle, horse, hiking and private aircraft. Ninety-five percent of the park's 3.4 million acres is wilderness, providing unique opportunities for quiet, solitude and primitive adventure.

Death Valley is world renowned for its colorful and complex geology. Its extremes of elevation support a great diversity of life, and provide a natural geologic museum that represents a substantial portion of the earth's history. This region is also the ancestral homeland of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe. The Timbisha took advantage of the natural order of this region, establishing a pattern of life in concert with nature.

Stop by the visitor center and ask a ranger about the many historic properties that exist within the park. Some of these properties display a continuum of mining activities and technology from at least the 1860's to the present. Visit beautiful Scotty's Castle, which contains a priceless collection of antiques and art objects that have immense public appeal.