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Death Valley National Park is the largest national park in the USA and is located in the sunny state of California. In fact, it’s most well-known for being the hottest place on Earth. With a name as foreboding as Death Valley, you might be in two minds about whether or not to visit.
Despite its name and reputation, Death Valley is absolutely worth visiting. Its landscape is so varied and unique, with desert on one side and mountains on the other.
It also has a salt basin and a volcanic crater, as well as a strange natural phenomenon that causes the rocks to move with no gravitational cause – spooky!
If you’re thinking of visiting Death Valley, but you’re not sure what to do, don’t fret. In this guide, we’ve listed all the top things to do in Death Valley, as well as shared some valuable tips and advice to make sure you get the most out of your visit.
Our Experience of Death Valley National Park
We didn’t know there were so many incredible things to do in Death Valley National Park until after our two-day visit. Now we know this is not just a place you drive through on your way to other California destinations!
After five months of desert travel and daily hikes, I was dragging my feet about visiting Death Valley National Park California.
The pool around our Las Vegas RV Park was way more enticing.
I had just spent two days cleaning our travel trailer and removing all the red mud and dust Utah covered her in. I was not excited about adding a fresh new layer of dust, this time white and yellow.
We attempted to visit Death Valley NP a couple of months earlier in the winter, but the RV parks were full and we had no boondocking capabilities (solar power) then so we skipped it.
Now that we can dry camp, we have more options!
We were looking for a few days to fill in before visiting Yosemite National Park and when we checked the weather report we saw the perfect opportunity to explore all the top things to do in Death Valley National Park.
It was pretty much on the way to Yosemite from Las Vegas, AND for the two days, we were looking at going, the weather dropped from the low 100s to the low 80s.
There wouldn’t be another perfect opportunity. So we took it, still with feet dragging.
Boy did they perk up once I kicked my shoes off and walked…
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