Badwater Basin
Salt flat at the bottom of Death Valley, 86 meters below sea level, the lowest point in North America, with a white crust of salt stretching for kilometers.
Califórnia · the United States
In the destination Las Vegas and Death Valley.
In the photo: Ruins of Harmony Borax Works in Furnace Creek
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Small settlement in an oasis of palm trees inside Death Valley National Park in California, about 190 km from Las Vegas. It has a visitor center, lodging, a gas station and restaurants, and is close to the Badwater salt flat, Zabriskie Point overlook and the Mesquite Flat dunes.
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The local experience
Salt flat at the bottom of Death Valley, 86 meters below sea level, the lowest point in North America, with a white crust of salt stretching for kilometers.
Overlook over a maze of eroded hills in shades of yellow, brown and beige, with Manly Beacon ahead and the valley salt flat in the background, a few minutes from Furnace Creek.
A sand dune field in the center of Death Valley, near Stovepipe Wells, with crests up to about 30 meters and open walking, no marked trail.