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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

Bodie Hills Map

Bodie Ghost Town California

Bodie Hills MapBodie State Historic Park
Aurora Canyon

Eastern Sierra Nevada area near Bridgeport, California

HIGH DESERT –
8375′ elevation

This Bodie map is authentic. Created and produced by none other than Tom Harrison, a legend in the field California cartography. No other map creator makes a detailed topographic map of Bodie Ghost Town, State Park and desert region.

Bodie Hills Map

Bodie Ghost Town Map

Tom Harrison Trail Map: Bodie Ghost Town CA, Bodie State Historic Park, State Park Bodie, BLM Bodie Hills, Back Roads Bridgeport California, Mining Desert High Country Map, 4×4 roads, Aurora Canyon, Aurora Nevada, Bodie Hiking Map, Backpacking Maps. Travertine Hot Springs, Geiger Grade, Bodie State Park, NV Desert Mountains, Bridgeport Hiking Maps. Durable, waterproof plastic map; Folded. Map Scale: 63K; ISBN#9780981834412

Bodie Map

OLD VERSION

avenza mapsdownload digital version of this map –
Bodie Hills Topo Map

Bodie Hills Map

Bodie Ghost Town is the most popular & best preserved historic mining camp in California. Winter months are cold, windy, and often snowy. Late summers can get hot. Plan accordingly.

No services, no pavement, no big trees. Very remote location. Abundant free, boondocking camps in this high desert region, so make sure to get a camp fire permit from the local ranger station in Lee Vining or Bridgeport, CA

Bodie Hills Map

Photo by Morris Neer

nearby destinations:

Bodie Hills Map

Photo by Morris Neer

see also – 

Toiyabe National Forest Map
Hoover Wilderness Trail Map

 

 

Inyo National Forest Map

Inyo Map

Inyo National Forest Map

Eastern Sierra Map, Inyo Map, Mt Whitney, Bishop Wilderness
NFS – USDA – U.S. Forest Service

USDA maps created for the National Forest Service. GPS: Longitude & Latitude; Rivers, Creeks, Peaks, Elevations, 4WD & every dirt BackRoad, Hot Springs, Equestrian Areas, all Campgrounds, Hiking Trails & Backpacking Trailheads.NFS

Areas include: Eastern Sierra, Range of Light, Owens Valley, Hwy. 395, Bishop, Lone Pine, Lee Vining, Independence, Mammoth, June Lake, East Yosemite, Mount Whitney, Mono Basin, White Mtns, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, Monache Mdws, Golden Trout Wilderness, Cottonwood Lakes, Sierra Lakes, Mono Lake, John Muir Trail & JM Wilderness, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Lake Crowley, Hot Springs, Rock Creek, Inyo Mtns, Kennedy Mdws, South Sierra Wilderness.

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inyo2002

older version

INYO_mountains

paper map from 1993

 

gull_lake

Gull Lake, next to June Lake in the Eastern Sierra

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Eastern Sierra California
Inyo National Forest

Wilderness Areas in Eastern California:

White Mountains
Ancient Bristlecone Pines
John Muir Wilderness
Ansel Adams Wilderness
Hoover Wilderness
Yosemite EAST Wilderness
Fish Slough, N Bishop, CA
Piper Mountain Wildernesshiker
Kings Canyon High Country
Golden Trout Wilderness
South Sierra Wilderness
Inyo Mountains Wilderness

Inyo Hiking, off road, 4×4, Eastern Sierra, Mount Whitney, John Muir, Ansel Adams, Sierra Lakes, Inyo National Forest Topo Maps, Topographical Inyo Map, Eastern Sierra, Olancha Peak, Lone Pine, Alabama Hills, Whitney, Mammoth, June Lake, Rock Creek, Lee Vining, Bishop, Baker Creek, Sabrina, Palisades Glacier, Onion Valley, Independence, Coyote Flat, High Sierra Lakes, Eastern California

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Hike-in only, Walker Lake @ June Lake Loop

see also –Inyo Forest Topo Atlas
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find more Eastern Sierra maps:

Ansel Adams Wilderness Maps
Bishop Pass Map
Bodie Ghost Town Map
Death Valley Park Maps
Devil’s Postpile Map
Dome Land Wilderness Map
Golden Trout Wilderness Maps
Hoover Wilderness Map
Jawbone Canyon OHV Map
JMT – John Muir Trail Map
Kern River Maps
Kings Canyon Highcountry Map
Mammoth High Country Map
Mono Divide Topo Map
Mono Lake Map
Mount Whitney Maps
NatGeo Mammoth Map #809
Palisades Trail Map
Toiyabe National Forest Map

Pacific Crest Trail Mapspct
PCT Map #3 South Sierra
PCT Map #4 Mid Sierra

EASTERN SIERRA LINKS:

Campgrounds Eastern Sierra
Camping Inyo
Eastern Sierra Hiking
Eastern Sierra Lakes
Inyo Forest Roads
June Lake Loop #1S63
Lundy Lake
Mammoth Fishing
Mono Lake, California
Onion Valley
Rock Creek Road
Silver Lake @ June
Walker Creek Olancha
Walker Lake Hike

lupineway

Lupine Way – Coyote Flat, W of Bishop, CA

NEARBY TOWNS:

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The High Sierra @ 10,000′ elevation, by SUV

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digital maps for download

BLM Map – Alabama Hills Recreation Area (free)
Mammoth Mountain Topographic Map
NatGeo Map 809 – Mammoth Lakes, Mono Divide
Convict Lake Topographic Map
CTUC Inyo National Forest (north) OHV Map
CTUC Inyo NF (south) OHV Map
Inyo MVUM – Monache Mdws, South Fork Kern River (free)
Inyo MVUM – Inyo Mountains Map (free)
Inyo MVUM – Bald Mountain Mono (free)
Inyo MVUM – White Mountains Map (free)
Inyo MVUM – Glass Mountain Map (free)

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Upper Baker Creek Road, 4×4 Camping

Toiyabe National Forest Map

Several areas of Humboldt Toiyabe National Forests span the California eastern state border with Nevada. In the south near Las Vegas with Spring Mountains @ Mt Charleston, all the way up to Mono Lake @ the Eastern Sierra mountains, and even further north to include all forest south of Lake Tahoe.

Toiyabe National Forest Map: North

Toiyabe National Forest Map


Toiyabe NF Map: North

Toiyabe – Carson Ranger District, also known as Humboldt-Toiyabe; Humboldt Toiyabe National Forests

Northern Sierra California, Eastern Sierra, Lake Tahoe Basin, Grover Hot Springs, Carson Range, Mount Rose, Walker River

Toiyabe National Forest Map

OLDER MAP

PLASTIC MAP; water & tear resistant. Ranger Map – NFS issued map. GPS: Longitude & Latitude; Rivers, Creeks, Peaks, Elevations, 4WD & every dirt BackRoad, Hot Springs, Equestrian Areas, all Campgrounds, Hiking Trails & BackPacking Trailheads.

Areas include: Northern Sierra California, Lake Tahoe Basin, Tuolumne County, Alpine County, Mono County, Placer County, Reno Nevada, Sparks, Carson City, Bridgeport, Carson Range, Mount Rose, Walker River, Carson Iceberg Wilderness, Mokelumne Wilderness, Leavitt Meadows, Ebbetts Pass, Topaz Lake, Grover Hot Springs, Upper Blue Lake, Lower Blue Lake, Fallen Leaf Lake. Map Size: 27″x 36″ overall / 4″x9″ folded; Printed on plastic in 2006. ISBN# 9781593513344

Toiyabe National Forest Map

Meadows near Grover Hot Springs State Park

hikers map

Wildfire has recently burnt the forest regions all around Markleeville and Grover Hot Springs, as well as areas near US Hwy 395. Trails and campgrounds could be closed for repair work.
Tamarack Fire 2021 

South Tahoe Forests

Toiyabe National Forest

nearby towns:

Toiyabe National Forest Map

Toiyabe National Forest Map: South

Bridgeport Ranger DistrictToiyabe – Bridgeport Ranger District, also known as Humboldt-Toiyabe; Humboldt Toiyabe National Forests

Bridgeport Map / Bridgeport Lakes / Toiyabe NF / Eastern Sierra California

Mono Lake, Lee Vining, Bridgeport, East Walker River, Lundy, Twin Lakes, Virginia Lakes, Hoover Wilderness

PLASTIC MAP PAPER; water & tear resistant. Ranger Map – NFS issued map. GPS: Longitude & Latitude; Rivers, Creeks, Peaks, Elevations, 4WD & every dirt BackRoad, Hot Springs, Equestrian Areas, all Campgrounds, Hiking Trails & BackPacking Trailheads.

Areas include: Eastern Sierra, Northern Sierra California, Alpine County, Mono County, Lee Vining, Bridgeport, East Walker River, Virginia Lakes, Trumbull Lake, Hoover Wilderness, Carson Iceberg Wilderness, Wellington Hills NV, Pine Grove NV, Aurora Canyon, Bodie ghost town, Twin Lakes, Topaz Lake, Mono Lake, Lundy Lake, Bridgeport Reservoir, Western Nevada, Douglas County. Map Size: 31″x 36″ overall / 4″x9″ folded; Printed on plastic in 2014. ISBN# 9781593513337

Twin Lakes, Eastern Sierra
Twin Lakes, next to Bridgeport in California’s Eastern Sierra

Toiyabe National Forest

nearby towns:

Avalanche Canyon

Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest Map (VEGAS)
Area near Las Vegas NV with Spring Mountains, Mt Charleston, Red Rock Canyon.

RedRock NV