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Death Valley Books

Dante’s View, DVNP

Hiking Book DVNP

Moon Death Valley Book

DVNP Photographers Book

Off Road Death Valley

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Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. It is one of the hottest places on Earth.

Bad Water

The Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet below sea level. It is located 85 miles east-southeast of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet.

Tallest Peak

The highest point in Death Valley National Park is Telescope Peak, in the Panamint Range, which has an elevation of 11,043 feet. This is one of the few spots that you can see the lowest point and the highest peak in the lower 48 states.

Lying mostly in Inyo County, California, near the border of California and Nevada, in the Great Basin, east of the Sierra Nevada mountains, Death Valley constitutes much of Death Valley National Park and is the principal feature of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve. It runs from north to south between the Amargosa Range on the east and the Panamint Range on the west; the Grapevine Mountains and the Owlshead Mountains form its northern and southern boundaries, respectively. It has an area of about 3,000 sq miles.

Desert Climate

Death Valley has a subtropical, hot desert climate, with long, extremely hot summers; short, mild winters; and little rainfall.

The valley is extremely dry, because it lies in the rain shadow of four major mountain ranges (including the Sierra Nevada and Panamint Range). Moisture moving inland from the Pacific Ocean must pass eastward over the mountains to reach Death Valley; as air masses are forced upward by each range, they cool and moisture condenses, to fall as rain or snow on the western slopes. When the air masses reach Death Valley, most of the moisture has already been lost and there is little left to fall as precipitation.

Explore Death Valley

Geology of Death Valley

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History of Death Valley

Road Guide DVNP

see also

Death Valley Topo Map
Benchmark California Atlas
Inyo National Forest Map
Inyo Forest Topo Atlas
Jawbone Canyon Map

US 395 map

Amargosa Opera House @ Death Valley Junction

Death Valley Books

Death Valley Maps

Death Valley National Park Maps
Hiking, Camping, 4×4 Routes

Death Valley Maps

Artists Palette Drive (now paved)

Death Valley Trail Map

Topographical maps for DVNP can be found through Tom Harrison and National Geographic. Wilderness Press makes a couple of decent hiking books too.

Inyo National Forest Map from the USDA covers tall mountain peaks west of the National Park. Panamint Valley, Saline Valley, Darwin, Ballarat ghost town are all located on the west side and are also featured on these topographic maps.

National Park Map

Death Valley Recreation Map, Tom Harrison

Death Valley Topo Map

Tom Harrison Recreation Map: Death Valley Maps; Death Valley National Park CA, Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells. Eureka Dunes, The Racetrack, Panamint Valley Off Roading, 4×4 Death Valley, Skidoo, Shoshone, Darwin Falls, Darwin Wilderness, Eureka Dunes, Furnace Creek, Zabriskie Point, Stovepipe Wells, Teakettle Junction, 20 Mule Team Canyon, Goler Wash; Barker Ranch, Ballarat Ghost Town California Mining Districts, Mojave Mining Camps, Saline Valley Hot Springs; Durable, waterproof plastic map; Folded. Map Scale: 250K; ISBN# 9781877689574

digital mapsdownload digital version of this map –
Death Valley Park Recreation Map

Death Valley Desert Maps

Saline Hot Pools @ Saline Valley, DVNP

DEATH VALLEY MAP

OLD VERSION

 

nearby towns –

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REAL OLD MAP

Death Valley Maps

Trails Illustrated Map, National Geographic Death Valley National Park Map #221

Death Valley NatGeo Map

Trails Illustrated Map from National Geographic. Death Valley National Park map #221. Inyo Mountains, Inyo Desert Camping, Badwater, Telescope Peak, Panamint Valley, Panamint Range, Ballarat ghost town, Manson Cabin, Amargosa mountains, Death Valley Backcountry map. Hiking Map. Many, many dirt roads and old mining operations to explore. Very detailed & colorful. Waterproof Plastic Map; Tear Resistant. GPS data. ISBN#749717012219

California Desert Map

Death Valley Maps, Death Valley National Park, Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, Eureka Dunes, Panamint Valley, Scotty’s Castle, Barker Ranch, Manson Ranch, Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells. Eureka Dunes, The Racetrack, Panamint Valley Off Roading, 4×4 Death Valley, Skidoo, Shoshone, Darwin Falls, Darwin Wilderness, Eureka Dunes, Furnace Creek, Zabriskie Point, Stovepipe Wells, Teakettle Junction, 20 Mule Team Canyon, Goler Wash; Barker Ranch, Ballarat Ghost Town California Mining Districts, Mojave Mining Camps, Saline Valley Hot Springs

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California Trail Users Coalition

California Trail Users Coalition

The California Trail Users Coalition is a non-profit corporation designed to be a forum for all trail users (hike, mountain bike, horse, wildlife & vehicle) to discuss related issues, problems and alternative solutions; to assist in the planning, development, maintenance and hosting of trails; and to help enforce the rules of the road; and to develop and maintain programs designed to educate users on proper use of trails and trail etiquette.

Find all CTUC Trail Maps @ jawbone.org
jawbone.org/ohvmap/index.php/maps-guides/ctuc-trail-maps

California Trail Users Coalition

avenza maps Avenza Maps, offers apps and digital maps. Below are all the CTUC maps for California.

CTUC: California Trail Users Coalition Digital Maps
OHV,
SVRA, BLM, 4×4, ATV, UTE, SUV

many desert locations, and some mountains

listed from north to south

CTUC Stanislaus NF & Yosemite OHV Map
CTUC High Sierra OHV Map
CTUC Sierra National Forest OHV Map
CTUC Sierra Bass Lake OHV Map

CYUC Inyo National Forest South
CTUC Inyo National Forest North

CTUC Sequoia NF & Kennedy Meadows OHV Map
CTUC BLM Keysville & Sequoia NF OHV Map

CTUC Jawbone Canyon & Randburg OHV Map
CTUC Panamint Valley OHV Map
CTUC Dumont Dunes OHV Map
CTUC Amboy Mojave OHV Map
CTUC Mojave El Mirage OHV Map

CTUC Needles OHV Map
CTUC Blythe OHV Map

CTUC San Bernardino & Barstow BLM OHV Map
CTUC Angeles Forest OHV Map
CTUC Cleveland & Idyllwild OHV Map

CTUC Palm Springs OHV Map
CTUC Ocotillo Wells OHV Map

CTUC Imperial Sand Dunes Map

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Dirt Bikers @ Randsburg Ghost Town, North Mojave, CA

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Horse Canyon, North Mojave Desert

Jawbone Canyon OHV Map

Jawbone Canyon Map
Jawbone Canyon is North Mojave Desert,
US Hwy 395 @ Hwy 14

Jawbone Canyon Map

12th edition. jawbone.org

Jawbone Canyon Map

New features on map include – restroom and kiosk locations, updated GPS coordinates, updated trail routes and revised points of interest.

Off Road Map: Jawbone Canyon / Kelso Valley / Randsburg Ghost Town

Jawbone Canyon OHV North Mojave Desert Map; Topo features, Waterways, Trails & Roads. Motorized & no-motorized trails. Eastern Kern County High Desert. Spangler Hills OHV, Trona Pinnacles National Monument, Randsburg OHV, Red Mountain, Johannesburg, Red Rock Canyon State Park, Last Chance Canyon, El Paso Mountain Wilderness, Desert Tortoise Preserve, Kiavah Wilderness, Dove Springs OHV, Bright Star Wilderness, Tehachapi Loop, Walker Basin, California City, BLM Camping Mojave California Desert Trails, Southern Sierra OHV.  Map by Friends of Jawbone w/ California Trail Users Coalition

SoCal Off-Road, OHV Parks, Dove Springs, Jawbone Canyon, Dirt Bike Maps, offroad, North Mojave Desert, Trona Road

 

avenza mapsget a digital version of this map
CTUC Jawbone Canyon OHV Map

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Jawbone Canyon Map

Camping Last Chance Canyon

Jawbone Canyon Map

California Mojave Desert OHV Camping:

Do the off-roader RVs really roast a turkey in the ground at Jawbone Canyon?

Death Valley National Park is a land to be visited, during winter months (NOV-APRIL)

Randsburg – Living Ghost Town, off US Highway 395

Jawbone Canyon Map

Jawbone Canyon leads up to Kelso Valley & Bright Star Wilderness, eventually up to Lake Isabella near Kern River, Southern Sierra California

see also –

Inyo National Forest Map
Inyo Forest Topo Atlas
Sequoia National Forest Map
Sequoia Forest Atlas
Southern Sierra Map