Not designed for everybody
Das Death Valley zieht Jahr für Jahr viele Besucher an. Manche wissen, was sie erwartet und sie kommen extra deswegen hierher. Andere ziehen enttäuscht davon. Für die Wüste muss man geboren sein, um ihre Kargheit und ihre unvergleichliche Schönheit genießen zu können. Nur weil das Death Valley ein Nationalpark in Kalifornien ist, muss man dort nicht gewesen sein. Außer man will es so. Es gab ziemlich viel Hype um das Tal des Todes, der mehr und mehr (unvorbereitete) Besucher anlockte. Der Film Zabriskie Point war einer davon, der heute noch immer viele zum Zabriskie Point lockt.
Das Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction galt vielen bis zum Tod von Marta Becket als Geheimtip. Desert: Love it or leave it. Frage einen Tuareg, warum er die Wüste liebt. Er wird dich freundlich anlächeln und nicht antworten. Weil er es nicht kann, die Frage nicht versteht. Liebe die Wüste oder lass es
Und selbst Reisende im Wohnmobil, die ja gerne möglichst nah in der Natur übernachten möchten, scheitern oft im Death Valley Nationalpark. Die Natur hier ist rau, trocken, unfreundlich und “not sexy”. Muss sie auch nicht – die Natur befindet sich in der Mojave-Wüste. Hier ist eine Auflistung der Campgrounds im Death Valley Nationalpark. Trotzdem erwarten manche Reisende im Wohnmobil “Luxus in der Wüste”, so abstrus das auch klingen mag. Also gut, fangen wir an. Wer es auch im Wohnmobil etwas komfortabler liebt, findet im Stovepipe Wells Village 14 full-hookup RV sites inkl. Swimming-Pool. Im Furnace Creek Resort (The Oasis at Death Valley) befindet sich der Fiddlers’ Campground, ebenfalls mit Swimming-Pool.
If you see this after your page is loaded completely, leafletJS files are missing.
Death Valley National Park: Major $62 million utilities project expected to begin in 2025
Safe and reliable water is essential in Death Valley National Park, often one of the hottest places on Earth. The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund is providing approximately $62 million to complete critical upgrades to the park’s water and wastewater infrastructure…
Es könnte sein, dass sich der verlinkte Artikel hinter einer Paywall befindet:
https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/fc-cc-fonsi.htm
Death Valley National Park: Fatality due to medical causes
A man died in Death Valley National Park on May 19, 2024 after suffering an apparent medical event while driving Artists Drive…
Es könnte sein, dass sich der verlinkte Artikel hinter einer Paywall befindet:
https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/fatality_2024-05-19.htm
California: Salt Tram Tower Toppled In Death Valley National Park
A historic tram tower built more than a century ago to haul salt out of Death Valley was recently toppled in Death Valley National Park, possibly by a motorist who attached a winch to the tower to pull a vehicle out of the muck, according to park staff…
Es könnte sein, dass sich der verlinkte Artikel hinter einer Paywall befindet:
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/05/salt-tram-tower-toppled-death-valley-national-park-0
Death Valley: Man dies while hiking Mosaic Canyon Trail
A 66-year-old man from Gig Harbor, Washington died while hiking with his wife in Death Valley National Park on April 5. The man was about one mile up Mosaic Canyon Trail when he appears to have suffered an acute medical event… https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/fatality-4-5-2024.htm
Historic Borax Wagon Destroyed By Fire At Death Valley National Park
A privately owned historic wooden wagon used to haul borax ore out of Death Valley in the 1890s was destroyed by fire earlier this month, according to the National Park Service. Just after midnight on April 4, park rangers responded to a fire behind the Borax Museum. The fire destroyed a historic wooden wagon that was used in the 1890s to transport borax out of Death Valley, the Park Service said. ‘Old Dinah,’ the steam engine that pulled the wagon, was adjacent to the fire but escaped significant damage, the release added. Old Dinah was in use just after the famous Twenty Mule Team era…
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/04/historic-borax-wagon-destroyed-fire-death-valley-national-park
Historic California artifact, housing units in Death Valley National Park destroyed in fire
A California artifact dating back more than 130 years in Death Valley National Park was destroyed along with two housing units after two fires burned through a privately owned resort in the area earlier this month, park officials said. The first blaze was reported behind the Borax Museum just after midnight on April 4. The oldest known structure in the park was built in 1883 and had past lives as an office, bunk house and ore-checking station, but today hosts a collection of artifacts tracing the area’s history as a mining hotspot for borax…
https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/death-valley-national-park-fire-artifact-destroyed-19414716.php
Mining, gambling and a dance hall: The story behind a hidden Death Valley abandoned mine hike
No roads lead to the Death Valley National Park hike that begins on a cliff near a water tank sprinkled with bullet holes in a long-abandoned town. The steep, narrow trail is dotted with iron stakes that once helped carry ore, mining supplies and workers via a truck winched to cables. After negotiating 1.7 miles with 1,600 feet of elevation change, a remarkable scene left in place 80 years ago comes into view…
https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/hidden-death-valley-abandoned-hike-19380079.php
Death Valley National Park updated campground fees go into effect May 1, 2024
Death Valley National Park will increase fees for developed campgrounds starting on May 1, 2024. Extensive public engagement followed by NPS review led to the determination that the park’s proposed updated campground fees were comparable to fees charged by similar nearby campgrounds…
https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/death-valley-national-park-updated-campground-fees-go-into-effect-may-1-2024.htm
Three Days In Death Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park encompasses more than just the valley which, itself, is about 140 miles long and 15 miles at its widest. According to the National Park Service (NPS), Death Valley is “the largest U.S. national park outside Alaska at 3,422,024 acres.” That’s approximately 5,347 square miles (13,849 square kilometers). This is a park larger than either Big Bend or Yellowstone national parks, both of them large in their own right. With a park that size, you probably aren’t going to see everything you want in the space of a day or even a week, for that matter. But you can still see and do plenty, even if you have no more than three days…
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2023/06/three-days-death-valley-national-park
Death Valley: Bilder aus dem Tal des Todes
Von Beatty aus kommend war unser erster Halt die Geisterstadt Rhyolite, über die ich in einem extra Beitrag schreibe. Bis zu unserem nächsten Stopp bemerkten wir keine landschaftlichen Änderungen. Wüste außerhalb der Nationalparkgrenzen, Wüste im Nationalpark selbst. Doch die Mesquite-Dünen machen den ersten großen Unterschied…
https://www.reiselust-mag.de/death-valley-18-bilder-aus-dem-tal-des-todes/