Sports & Outdoors
IconicDeath Valley National Park
$25–$50Stand at Badwater Basin, 282 feet below sea level, in the largest national park in the lower 48. Cars pay $30 for 7 days.
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Badwater Basin
Walk a boardwalk onto the salt flats at the lowest point in North America, 282 feet below sea level.
Badwater Road, 17 miles south of Furnace Creek · Furnace Creek, CA
About Badwater Basin
Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park is the lowest point in North America, 282 feet below sea level. An accessible ramp leads to a wooden boardwalk beside a small pool that is home to a snail found only here, and from there you can walk out onto salt flats that cover nearly 200 square miles and form geometric polygons. Look up at the Black Mountains behind you to spot the sea level sign high on the cliff. The National Park Service advises against hiking here after 10 am in summer.
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