July 2024 was the hottest month on record in Death Valley, with an average 24-hour temperature of 108.5 degrees. The previous record was 108.1 degrees, set in 2018.

Death Valley has more miles of road than any other national park, boasting nearly 1,000 miles of roadway. In addition to the park’s paved roads , there is a vast network of dirt roads, many of ...

Park rangers initially thought the basin would dry up by the end of February. An ancient lake that reemerged at Death Valley National Park last year will remain for longer than initially expected ...

As summer approaches, Death Valley National Park officials urge motorcycle riders and others to think twice before traveling in the park during the hottest months of the year. While the park ...

The National Park Service is asking for help to identify the driver who went for a joyride in Death Valley's protected sand dunes, damaging the fragile terrain. By Byron Hurd Published Jan 15 ...

A second man has died of heat exposure in California's Death Valley National Park this summer, according to the National Park Service. Peter Hayes Robino, 57, a Los Angeles resident, died of ...

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, ...

Photo from National Park Service “A few minutes of joyriding” through Death Valley dunes caused “significant damage” to rare plants, some of which are only found in the national park ...