Alt Text Map of Death Valley National Park in California and Nevada. The park’s border is green and irregularly ruffled in shades of pale tan and sand brown with ridgelines in bone white. Dozens of sites, roads, peaks, valleys, and other features are labeled. Extended Description Death Valley cuts across the park in a northwest-southeast direction at the center of the park boundary. The Panamint Range is to the west and the Amargosa Range is to the east. From a four-way junction at the center of the park, a network of roads completely cross the park boundary in all directions. Furnace Creek and Stovepipe Wells Village are at the center of Death Valley. Scotty’s Castle Visitor Center and Museum is north of Death Valley and southeast of Last Chance Range. This description will navigate by roads and landmarks, first describing the middle of Death Valley National Park between Stovepipe Wells to the north and Badwater Basin to the south, where the majority of labeled sites are. The description will then navigate the top third of the park north of Stovepipe Wells, and the lower third of the park south of Badwater Basin, before giving a description of areas outside the park and a full transcription of the legend. Middle Third of Death Valley National Park State Route 190 connects from the western entrance of the park, passing Panamint Springs just across the park boundary. Panamint Springs has a gas station, store, lodging, camping, food service, and water. From west to east, Route 190 heads toward Towne Pass in the Panamint Mountain Range, passing Darwin Plateau, Rainbow Canyon, Panamint Dunes, and Panamint Butte to the north and Darwin Falls and Towne Pass to the south. Route 190 continues northeast from Towne Pass, heading toward Stovepipe Wells Village, passing Lemoigne Canyon to the north and Jayhawker Canyon, Emigrant, and Emigrant Canyon Road to the south. Emigrant has camping, a picnic area, telephone, restrooms, and water. Emigrant Canyon Road passes Jayhawker Canyon and runs through the Harrisburg Flats. Two high clearance roads branch off of it and lead to Skidoo (townsite), Eureka Mine, and Aguereberry Point. Emigrant Canyon Road passes over Emigrant Pass (5,318 feet, 1,621 meters), through Nemo Canyon and ultimately to a junction with Wildrose Canyon Road near Wildrose, which has camping, restrooms, and drinking water. Wildrose Canyon Road stretches southwest to a junction with Panamint Valley Road outside the park, and southeast toward Charcoal Kilns, Thorndike, and Mahogany Flat, with the latter two having campgrounds and restrooms. Stovepipe Wells Village has ten amenities, including a ranger station, gas station, store, telephone, lodging, food service, camping, sanitary disposal station, restrooms, and water. Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes and the Sand Dunes parking lot are to the north of Stovepipe Wells. Moving northeast past Stovepipe Wells Village, Route 190 reaches a junction with Scotty’s Castle Road (North Highway) heading northwest and Daylight Pass Road heading northeast. An information center, Historic Stovepipe well, and the Kit Fox Hills are close to the junction. Route 190 heads southeast, with Salt Creek and Salt Creek Interpretive Trail to the west, which has wheelchair access and restrooms. Route 190 then reaches a junction with Beatty Cutoff, which takes a sharp turn north to intersect Daylight Pass Road at Hells Gate. Farther south on Route 190 is Furnace Creek with thirteen amenities, including an airstrip, store, lodging, food service, picnic area, camping, ranger station, sanitary disposal station, telephone, gas station, wheelchair access, restrooms, and water. A note reads, “See detail map above right.” At the southeast corner of Furnace Creek, Route 190 heads southeast along Furnace Creek Wash to the eastern park boundary, passing Zabriskie Point, which has a restroom, and the Funeral Mountains to the northeast. At the park boundary, there is an Information center with a telephone and restrooms. Dantes View Road intersects SR 190 near the information center and heads south toward Dantes View, which has restrooms. Trailer parking is available at this road’s intersection with another high-clearance road, with a note reading, “Vehicles longer than 25 feet (7.7 meters) not allowed.” Back at Furnace Creek, Badwater Road branches off Route 190 heading south toward Badwater Basin. Points of interest along Badwater Road from north to south include Golden Canyon Trail with restrooms and Desolation Canyon, as well as a one-way road, Artists Drive, that passes Artists Palette, which also has restrooms. A short spur leads to Natural Bridge, which has restrooms. Badwater also has restrooms and is just east of Badwater Basin, which is represented as a white cloudy area dispersing south through Death Valley. A note next to Badwater Basin reads, “Lowest elevation in North America, 282 feet (86 meters) below sea level.” Top Third of Death Valley National Park From the four-way junction northeast of Stovepipe Wells Village, Scotty’s Castle Road (North Highway) heads northwest, passing Mesquite Flat to the west and the Grapevine Mountains to the east. Continuing north along Scotty’s Castle Road is Death Valley Wash to the west. The road reaches the Grapevine junction with a telephone, wheelchair access, restrooms, and water. A road branches off from here heading northeast along Grapevine Canyon to Scotty’s Castle, which has a ranger station, picnic area, wheelchair access, restrooms, and water. A note next to Scotty’s Castle reads, “Area temporarily closed due to flood damage.” A road from Grapevine junction heads south to Mesquite Spring, which has camping, a sanitary disposal station, restrooms, and water. Another road extends west from Grapevine to reach Ubehebe Crater. Death Valley / Big Pine Road continues north of Grapevine Junction with the Last Chance Range to the west, reaching Crankshaft Junction near the northern boundary of the park, then traverses over the Last Chance Range and exits the park near its northwest corner. South Eureka Valley Road heads south from Death Valley / Big Pine Road at a point west of the Last Chance Range, passing a campground with restroom access close to Eureka Dunes. Along the road, there are a few notes reading “Deep sand” and “Road conditions require experienced four-wheel drivers.” South Eureka Valley Road continues south to Warm Springs, which has camping and restrooms, then exits the park at its intersection with Saline Valley Road, which forms a portion of the park’s northwest boundary. A network of roads between the Nelson Range to the west and the Cottonwood Mountains to the east reach Homestake Dry Camp, with camping access, just south of Racetrack Valley and The Racetrack. Bottom Third of Death Valley National Park South of Badwater Basin, Badwater Road, which is flanked by the Amargosa River to the west and the Black Mountains to the east, heads south to Ashford Mill (ruins), which has restroom access. On the western edge of Badwater Basin, West Side Road branches off from Badwater Road north of the basin near Artists Drive, heading south and linking up with several four-wheel drive roads coming down from the Panamint Range to the west before rejoining Badwater Road north of Ashford Mill. From here, Badwater Road heads east from a junction with Harry Wade Road to the eastern park boundary. Outside of Death Valley National Park Moving in a clockwise direction, State Route 168travels northeast to meet State Route 266 north of the park , which in turn heads east into Nevada and goes through Lida Valley to connect with US 95. South of this junction, State Route 267 connects from the eastern boundary of Death Valley National Park near Scotty’s Castle to U.S. 95.From the north, in the direction of Tonopah and Reno, US 95 runs south past the Sarcobatus Flat to the west; through Beatty, with a gas station, market, telephone, lodging, restaurants, and an airfield; along the Amargosa Desert to the south, through Lathrop Wells, with a gas station; and east to Las Vegas. East of US 95 is a vast open area without roads, trails, and marked landmarks. At Lathrop Wells, Nevada State Route 373 branches off US 95 toward the south, passing Amargosa Valley before meeting a side road that heads east into Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge, which has a Visitor Center and Refuge Headquarters, with restrooms and water, surrounds a tiny, detached portion of Death Valley National Park, named Devils Hole, on three sides. Back on State Route 373, the road then reaches the California-Nevada border, where telephone, lodging, and food service can be found. Crossing into California, this road becomes State Route 127 and continues southward to Death Valley Junction, which has the Armagosa Opera House, telephone, lodging, and food service, and is also where State Route 190 meets State Route 127. From here, State Route 127 continues south, forming a portion of the eastern park boundary, before reaching an intersection with State Route 178 and then the town of Shoshone, which has a gas station, lodging, food service, and an airstrip. SR 127 continues southward, where it forms a short portion of the park’s southeastern boundary before making a sharp turn southeast off the map to Baker and Interstate 15. South of Death Valley National Park, from right to left, is Fort Irwin Military Reservation; Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake; and Trona, with a gas station, market, and telephone. Trona-Wildrose Road heads north from Trona, passing an unpaved loop road that goes through the ghost town of Ballarat, before reaching a three-way intersection with Panamint Valley Road and Wildrose Canyon Road. Heading south out of Trona, State Route 178 connects that town with Ridgecrest, which has a gas station, market, food service, lodging, telephone, drinking water, and an airstrip. Ridgecrest is connected to the north-south US Route 395 via a business route. US 395 runs parallel to a vast open area between the highway and the park boundary to the east; and with the Sierra Nevada to the west. .Heading north, the highway passes through Olancha, with a gas station, lodging, and drinking water; and Lone Pine, with a gas station, market, telephone, lodging, food service, an airstrip, and drinking water. A note pointing west from Lone Pine reads “To Manzanar, Bishop, and Yosemite”. The Eastern Sierra Intragency Visitor Center is just south of Lone Pine at the intersection of US 395 and State Route 136, which heads east to Death Valley National Park. Legend A scale in the lower left corner of the map measures 10 kilometers and 10 miles. The legend includes definitions of symbols: Red line for Paved Road Double white line for Unpaved road, Double white line with top line bolded for High clearance recommended, Broken double line for Four-wheel-drive road, Broken line for Hiking trail, Sand brown for Timbisha Shoshone trust lands Symbols for Ranger station, Campground Sanitary disposal station Picnic area, Food service, Lodging, Gas station, Store, Telephone, Wheelchair-accessible, Airstrip, Restrooms, and Water.