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AdventureCORPS' Death Valley "Must Do" List
The Top 31 Things to Do, See or Experience in Death Valley—besides participate in an AdventureCORPS event—in no particular order
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Tour Scotty's Castle. |
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Hike Golden Canyon and Gower Gulch. Info. |
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See the Pupfish and other natural wonders at Ash Meadows. |
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Visit, and stay at, the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel (Death Valley Junction, NV). |
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Hike all the way around, and down into, Ubehebe Crater. |
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Visit The Racetrack. (If you don't have a 4x4, Pink Jeep Tours can take you.) |
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Hike out to, and ascend, the tallest of the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes near Stovepipe Wells. |
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Visit the Borax Museum at the Furnace Creek Ranch, the oldest structure in Death Valley. |
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Visit the stores run by the Death Valley Natural History Association at the Furnace Creek Visitors' Center and at Scotty's Castle. |
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Be dazzled by the view from Zabriskie Point. |
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Drive, or better yet, cycle or walk, through 20 Mule Canyon. |
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Drive, cycle, or run the marathon through Titus Canyon. |
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Visit the Chloride Cliff area with mines, ghost town remmants, and spectacular views. (4x4) |
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Hike to, and beyond, Natural Bridge. |
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Attend Death Valley Ranger Programs at the NPS Visitors' Center in Furnace Creek |
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Visit the Harmony Borax Works site near Furnace Creek. |
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Be awed by the geologic beauty of Artist's Palette. |
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Hike Mosaic Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells. |
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Visit the ghost town of Rhyolite, located 4 miles west of the town of Beatty, NV on Hwy 374. |
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Stroll to the giant Solar Array and through the Date Grove at Furnace Creek. |
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Play golf, or even just bird watch, at the World's Lowest Golf Course. |
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Walk out onto the Badwater Salt Flats. |
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See the unique salt formations at Devil's Hole Golf Course. |
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Hike the boardwalk trail at Salt Creek and see Pupfish in the Spring. |
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Enjoy the bird's eye view of Death Valley from Danté's View. |
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Swim in natural spring-fed pools (84 degrees year-round) at the Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort. Go for a horseback ride on and near the Ranch. |
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Drive, or cycle, up Wildrose Canyon to the Charcoal Kilns. |
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Hike Telescope Peak, 11,049' above Death Valley and Panamint Valley. Info. |
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Visit Shoshone, including the Death Valley Museum & Chamber of Commerce, gas station gift shop, Crowbar Cafe, and Café C'est Si Bon. |
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Enjoy the night sky with "billions and billions of stars" during one of our events or perhaps during a Night Sky Viewing Part with the Las Vegas Astronomical Society. |
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Enjoy a stroll through the gardens, sunset drinks, and dinner, at the Furnace Creek Inn. |
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Be sure to also visit our Death Valley Region Resources, Links, and More webpage. |
Perhaps the best way to enjoy some of the above is to travel to Death Valley for an AdventureCORPS cycling event!
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Spring Century, Ultra Century, and Double Century
The classic Southern route past Badwater and over the passes to Shoshone and back!
Death Valley Century and Double Century™ is held twice per year, providing incredible, one-of-a-kind, 100 mile and 200 mile cycling events in Mother Nature's greatest sports arena, Death Valley National Park! The field limit is 300 riders total and it always sells out. With full rider support, roving SAG vehicles, awesome cycling jerseys, and impossible-to-get-lost routes with very little traffic, there's no better place to ride a century or double century cycling event! Click here for spring event information.
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CORPScamp™ Death Valley is our annual cycling lifestyle training camp hosted in Furnace Creek and featuring up to 300 miles of epic, one-of-a-kind cycling in and around “Mother Nature’s Greatest Sports Arena,” Death Valley National Park. It concludes with participation in our Hell's Gate Hundred. We've been producing events here since 1990 and never tire of sharing one of the world's most dramatic, inspiring, and unusual landscapes. From desert flowers to snow-capped mountains, we'll see it all by bicycle. Come join the folks at AdventureCORPS and fellow athlete-adventurers from around the globe for five fabulous days of cycling and camaraderie in beautiful, one-of-a-kind Death Valley! Includes daily afternoon CORPSyoga classes, two group dinners, a hike, and more. For all the info, click here.
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Fall Century, Ultra Century, and Double Century
The wondrous Northern route to Scotty’s Castle and Ubehebe Crater.
Death Valley Century and Double Century™ is held twice per year, providing incredible, one-of-a-kind, 100 mile and 200 mile cycling events in Mother Nature's greatest sports arena, Death Valley National Park! The field limit is 300 riders total and it always sells out. With full rider support, roving SAG vehicles, awesome cycling jerseys, and impossible-to-get-lost routes with very little traffic, there's no better place to ride a century or double century cycling event! Click here for fall event information.
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