California, USA

Death Valley

The hottest place on earth is an anthology of desert set-pieces in one national park: the rippled Mesquite Flat dunes at dawn, Badwater Basin's salt polygons 86 metres below sea level, Zabriskie Point's golden badlands, plus craters, slot canyons and ghost towns between.

Best forAdventure
Approx. flying time~1h from Los Angeles
Nearest airportLas Vegas (LAS)

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About this place

Base yourself at Furnace Creek and treat summer as closed — November to March is the sane window, and even then carry more water in the car than seems reasonable. The night skies are certified dark and astonishing.

Featured in Ten desert adventures worth the sand in your boots

When to go

Daytime highs run from about 18°C in January to 47°C in July. Driest May to November; wettest in January, with rain on about 3 days.

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August45° · rain 1 dayHot and dry.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis). Highlighted months are warm and mostly dry — February to April and October and November.

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