Alerts & Conditions

Alerts

 

Updated 11/17/2025

 

Road Status

— Open Roads
— Closed Roads

 

Death Valley Status Map

The map below shows the current status of park roads and road construction. Click on a road segment for more information. Conditions can change quickly, so check back often.

 

 

Superintendent Mike Reynolds demonstrates significant damage on Lower Wildrose Road, caused by flooding on August 20, 2023.

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PAVED ROADS

CLOSED:

• Badwater Road: Due to debris from flooding 9/19 and 11/16.

• Artist Drive: No foot or bicycle traffic. Due to debris and damage from flooding.

• Bonnie Clare Road and Scotty’s Castle: due to flood recovery work. No access permitted, including pedestrians. The reopening date is unknown at this time; it is dependent upon completion of projects.

• North Highway: closed due to flood debris 11/16/2025.

UNPAVED/BACKCOUNTRY ROADS

CLOSED:

Note that road closures listed below apply to ALL motorized vehicles, including motorcycles.The roads were completely washed out in places and entry will cause tire tracks and braided roads in wilderness as users try to locate what was once the road. Thank you for your patience as we work to reopen these locations. Bicycles are permitted except on Titus Canyon Road and Salt Creek Road.

Only major roads are listed for reference below:

• Cottonwood/Marble: Open, except final 2.8 miles due to water running on the road.

• Westside Road: due to flood damage 9/19/25, No estimated reopening date.

• Lower Wildrose Road (aka Trona - Wildrose Road, connects Wildrose to Panamint Valley): completely impassable due to a 9-foot deep cut across the road. Likely to remain closed until Summer 2026.

• Darwin Falls: Road is completely gone in many places and will need either extensive import of road fill (expensive) or "mining" of gravel from the nearby wash (this would require thorough environmental review). Likely to remain closed until Summer 2026. Hikers can park on the shoulder of CA-190 and walk in.

• Salt Creek: Flooding destroyed the boardwalk, restroom and parking area. Currently under construction. Pedestrian and bicycle travel on closed road is allowed. Will open sometime in late 2025.

• Titus Canyon Road: Due to flood damage. Bicycle use is prohibited in Titus Canyon for safety reasons. Impassable. Not likely to open before fall of 2026. Lower Titus Canyon to the Fall Canyon Trailhead is temporarily closed due to North Highway closure.

• Warm Springs Road (Butte Valley): Due to flood damage. No estimated reopening date.

• 20 Mule Team Canyon: Closed due to flood damage 11/16.

• Upper Wildrose Road: gravel road to the Charcoal Kilns, Thorndike Campground, and Mahogany Flat Campground CLOSED due to flood damage on 11/17.

CAUTION:

• Harry Wade Road has deep sand on the north end near mile 6.

ROADS OUTSIDE THE PARK

• Inyo County: County road conditions.

• Caltrans: California Department of Transportation highway conditions

• Sierra Nevada Passes: CA120 (Tioga Pass), CA108 (Sonora Pass), CA4 (Ebbetts Pass), CA88 (Carson Pass)

• Nevada: Nevada Department of Transportation highway conditions

 

FACILITIES/POPULAR LOCATIONS

CLOSED

• Dantes View Restroom- closest open facility: Ryan Information kiosk

• Emigrant Day Use Area Restrooms- closest open facility: Stovepipe Wells

CAMPGROUNDS

 

OPEN:

• Furnace Creek

• Stovepipe Wells

• Mesquite Spring

• Wildrose - No water available.

• Eureka Dunes (Primitive Campground)

• Saline Valley (Primitive Campground)

• Homestake (Primitive Campground)

CLOSED:

• Sunset Campground

• Texas Springs Campground

• Emigrant Campground and Restrooms - Closed indefinitely for water system repairs

• Thorndike (Primitive Campground)

• Mahogany Flat (Primitive Campground)

 

 

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