Badwater Basin is busy this time of year even when there's no lake, so be aware the parking lots may be full. If you park on the side of a road, make sure to pull fully off the road so traffic can ...

In a rare opportunity, Death Valley’s Badwater Basin — normally a salt flat — has enough water for kayaking, park officials say. The temporary lake is currently about a foot deep over much ...

Rare opportunity to paddle Badwater Basin By Kevin Tidmarsh Published February 25, 2024 5:00 AM ...

The water collected in Badwater Basin, which is 282 feet below sea level. However, most people couldn’t see it right away because “every road into the park was destroyed,” Wines said.

Badwater Basin is normally a dry salt flat, the NPS said. “You might think with no drain to the sea, that Death Valley would always have a lake,” said park ranger Abby Wines in the news release.

Patrick Donnelly, director of the Great Basin Center for Biological Diversity, kayaks on the temporary Lake Manly at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024.

Kayakers and other tourists have flocked to see the lake that formed at the Badwater Basin after record rainfall. But Park rangers don't expect it to be much longer before it dries up. 0:00 0:31 ...

Death Valley is alive and well. During a normal year, tourists stream into the sun-scorched Badwater Basin area of Southern California’s Death Valley National Park to see what it feels like to ...

Ashley Lee, left, president of the Amargosa Conservancy, and Patrick Donnelly, director of the Great Basin Center for Biological Diversity, kayak on the temporary Lake Manly at Badwater Basin in ...

A paddle boarder paddles through the water at Badwater Basin, Thursday, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. The basin, normally a salt flat, has filled from rain over the past few months. 2/2 ...

Travel People are swimming and kayaking in the driest place in the US right now — thanks to heavy winter rains By David Landsel Published Feb. 22, 2024, 11:00 p.m. ET ...