Death Valley's car concerns aren't just relegated to smoking brakes, either. Vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death inside the park, said Superintendent Mike Reynolds, commenting after a ...

Death Valley is known as America’s hottest, driest and lowest national park. It holds the Guiness World Record for the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere: 134 degrees on July 10, 1913.

Epic Guide to Death Valley National Park in California and Nevada. Everything you need to plan an amazing National Park ...

A world of extremes, Death Valley is the nation's driest, hottest and lowest place, but also features mountains over 11,000 feet high that experience below-zero weather and snow, as well as colorful ...

Rolling mountains in Death Valley National Park. Jon Mattrisch/Travel + Leisure. For hundreds of years before the ‘49ers arrival, the Timbisha Shoshone lived in the valley, harvesting pinyon ...

For 37 years in a searing California desert, runners from across the globe have embarked on a 135-mile race through one of ...

Death Valley National Park and White Mountains of Inyo County are the focus of a wind advisory issued at 11:57 p.m. on Sunday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is in effect until ...

Visitors normally flock to Death Valley National Park to feel the searing heat and take in the barren landscape. This fall, they’ve been drawn by a different natural feature: water.

The puzzling arrival and surprisingly long life of a new lake in Death Valley National Park has captivated park rangers, visitors and researchers this winter. The temporary lake arrived with the ...

Extreme heat is both one of Death Valley’s greatest intrigues and its most serious safety concern. It’s not uncommon for a few people to die in the park from heatstroke in any given summer.