Hotels in Death Valley

Venture into a surreal landscape where salt flats stretch like alien terrain at Badwater Basin, 282 feet below sea level. The Devil's Golf Course isn't for putting – it's a bizarre salt pan where crystals form jagged sculptures. Sunrise at Zabriskie Point transforms golden badlands into a photographer's dream. After dark, the night sky explodes with stars rarely seen in our light-polluted world. Furnace Creek Visitor Center offers respite from summer temperatures that can fry an egg on the sidewalk (though rangers beg you not to try). History buffs will appreciate Harmony Borax Works, where twenty-mule teams once hauled mineral wealth across the desert. In spring, patient visitors might witness the miracle of wildflowers painting the seemingly barren valley floor.