If recent rains and cold temperatures make you feel blue, consider a winter visit to the eastern Sierra and down to Death Valley National Park, where you’ll find pleasant winter temperatures ...

“But it’s not always the hottest place on Earth,” said Death Valley National Park ranger and spokesperson Abby Wines. “If you come in the fall, winter, spring, it can be beautiful.

Among the many ways to stay in Death Valley — including hotels such as the palm-ringed Inn at Death Valley (rooms from $409 in winter), tents and R.V.s — my adventurous friend Anne Marie and I ...

Death Valley is one of the best national parks to visit during the winter because you can enjoy the stunning landscapes without the oppressive heat. Wines suggests planning a visit around the ...

that may not have visited Death Valley otherwise, states the National Park's website. "A good wildflower year depends on at least three things: Well-spaced rainfall throughout the fall, winter ...

Death Valley National Park is a land of extremes, from its steady drought and record summer heat to its snow-frosted peaks in winter and rare rainstorms that bring vast fields of wildflowers ...

Death Valley is the size of Connecticut and the largest ... formed here in nearly 20 years — the last time was during the winter of 2005 — and this one is substantially larger.

In the winter, like many locals, they explore the nature that Death Valley has to offer. But in the summer, life outside in Stovepipe Wells is mostly confined to sitting by the pool, playing video ...

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — As you drive into Death ... and views that stretch to the Panamint mountains in the distance. In the winter of 1849, a group of wayward 49ers who’d gotten lost seeking ...