It’s a lonely road driving to Death Valley. If you’re approaching from the east, once you pass the Amargosa Opera House, it’s pretty empty until you arrive near Furnace Creek.
You know, the appropriately named Furnace Creek. It’s the hottest place in the world, a blistering 134 degrees recorded in July 1913. While the recording of that temperature in Death Valley is often in dispute, it’s easy to say it is one of the hottest places on our planet.
Lying on the border between California and Nevada, Death Valley National Park is a place of extremes and not only due to temperatures. It’s the lowest point in the United
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