Best trails in Death Valley National Park
A superlative desert of streaming sand dunes, snow-capped mountains, multicolored rock layers, water-fluted canyons and 3 million acres of wilderness. Full of nature and history, there are endless activities in the park. About the size of the state of Connecticut, one can spend weeks exploring Death Valley and only scratch the surface of what there is to see and do.
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Visitor info
National Park Service regulations allow school groups and other approved national and international academic institutions to obtain a waiver of Park entrance fees, provided that visit is for educational or scientific purposes, and the resources or facilities that the group intends to use, support those purposes. Submit your waiver through the link below at least one month prior to your visit.
This permit allows persons traveling on one motorcycle to leave and re-enter the park as many times as they wish during the 7-day period from the date of purchase.
Non-commercial Groups (e.g., Scout groups, church groups, etc.) entering in a vehicle with a capacity of 16 persons or more are charged per-person for each person on board, not to exceed $200.
This permit allows a single individual traveling on foot or individuals traveling on one bicycle to leave and re-enter the park as many times as they wish during the 7-day period from the date of purchase.
This permit allows all persons traveling with the permit holder in one single private, non-commercial vehicle (car/truck/van/RV/aircraft) to leave and re-enter the park as many times as they wish during the 7-day period from the date of purchase.
This pass allows all persons traveling with the pass holder in one single private, non-commercial vehicle (car/truck/van) or those on a motorcycle to leave and re-enter the park as many times as they wish for 12 months from the month of purchase.
Join millions of people who enjoy our National Parks with the "America the Beautiful" National Park & Federal Recreational Lands Pass, otherwise known as the Interagency Annual Pass. The pass is valid for a year's worth of visits from the month of purchase at more than 2,000 federal recreation sites across the country.
No entrance pass required on these days:
Monday, January 20 — Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Saturday, April 19 — First day of National Park Week
Thursday, June 19 — Juneteenth National Independence Day
Monday, August 4 — Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act
Saturday, September 27 — National Public Lands Day
Tuesday, November 11 — Veterans Day
The Interagency Access Pass is accepted here.
The Furnace Creek Visitor Center and Scotty’s Castle are accessible to visitors using mobility equipment or strollers and have wheelchair accessible restrooms. Orientation films include closed captioning. Social stories are available at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center and on the website.
Loaner wheelchairs, assistive listening devices, audio descriptions, tactile exhibits, and Braille materials are available.
Many ranger-led programs have ASL interpreters available by reservation. Please contact the park at least 2 weeks in advance to make a reservation for interpretation services.
Additional information about accessibility at Death Valley National Park can be found on their website: https://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm.
The Furnace Creek Visitor Center and Scotty’s Castle are accessible to visitors using mobility equipment or strollers and have wheelchair accessible restrooms. Orientation films include closed captioning. Social stories are available at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center and on the website.
The Furnace Creek Ranch has wheelchair accessible rooms. It also has a wheelchair accessible general store, restaurants, saloon, borax museum, and post office. Furnace Creek Inn and Stovepipe Wells Resort have wheelchair accessible rooms. They also have wheelchair accessible swimming pools with lifts.
There are accessible restrooms or vault toilets at the following trailheads: Badwater, Zabriskie Point, Sand Dunes, Charcoal Kilns, Artist’s Palette parking on Artist’s Drive, and Ashford Mill.
Furnace Creek Campground has individual wheelchair accessible camping sites and restrooms.
Texas Spring Campground has individual wheelchair accessible camping sites and restrooms in the upper loop.
Sunset Campground has 16 individual wheelchair accessible camping sites and restrooms.
Stovepipe Wells Campground and Mesquite Springs Campground have no individual wheelchair accessible camping sites but have accessible restrooms and parking.
Thorndike Campground and Mahogany Flat Campground have no individual wheelchair accessible camping sites but do have accessible vault toilets.
Service animals must be on-leash throughout the park.
