Guided Tours

Enhance your experience of Death Valley by joining a ranger guided tour or program. Explore historic mining sites, shadowy canyons or sun-drenched salt flats. Discover hidden desert wildlife and ephemeral fields of wildflowers.
Tours of Scotty's Castle are available year-round, while talks and walks based out of the Furnace Creek Visitor Center are presented from November to April. Additional programs may be presented at other times, ask at the Visitor Center for more information.

Death Valley Virtual Museum

This exhibit showcases Death Valley National Park and its collections that tell the stories of people drawn to this land of startling and stark beauty, scorching valleys and snow-capped peaks, borax mines, and a grandly furnished Castle.

Visitor's Guide to Death Valley National Park

Visitor Guide to Death Valley National Park The 2012 issue of the Death Valley Visitor Guide (2 MB PDF File) is available here. It is an excellent source of Death Valley information. The Death Valley Visitor Guide includes pages on Park Information, Desert Survival, What To See, Walks & Hikes, Park Map, Park Projects, Wilderness, Scotty's Castle, Plan Your Trip, and Visitor Services.

Scotty's Castle

Death Valley Scotty told everyone that he built this castle in northern Death Valley with money from his "secret" gold mine. That was not quite the truth. A Chicago millionaire and his wife built their "Death Valley Ranch" in the cool of Grapevine Canyon and they let their friend Scotty live there as a guest.