Even as the already extreme temperatures are forecast to climb even higher, potentially topping records amid a major U.S. heat wave, tourists are arriving at this infamous desert landscape on the California-Nevada border.
Daniel Jusehus snapped a photo earlier this week of a famed thermometer outside the aptly named Furnace Creek Visitor Center after challenging himself to a run in the sweltering heat.
This weekend, the temperatures could climb past 130 F , but that likely won’t deter some willing to brave the heat. Signs at hiking trails advise against venturing out after 10 a.m., though nighttime temperatures are still expected to be over 90 F . The hottest temperature recorded at Death Valley was 134 F in July 1913, according to the park service.
The precautions vary across parks and landscapes, said Cynthia Hernandez, a National Park Service spokesperson. Certain trails might be closed if conditions are too dangerous. Alerts and restrictions are posted on websites for individual parks, Hernandez said. More than 1.1 million people annually visit the desert park, which sits over a portion of the California-Nevada border west of Las Vegas. At 5,346 square miles , it’s the largest national park in the Lower 48. About one-fifth of the visitors come in June, July and August.
Death Valley is a narrow, 282-foot basin that is below sea level but situated among high, steep mountain ranges, according to the park service’s website. The bone-dry air and meager plant coverage allows sunlight to heat up the desert surface. The rocks and the soil emit all that heat in turn, which then becomes trapped in the depths of the valley.
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Death Valley visitors drawn to the hottest spot on Earth during ongoing US heat waveMost visitors to Death Valley National Park only make it a short distance to any site at the hottest and driest place on Earth before returning to the sanctuary of an air-conditioned vehicle
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Death Valley visitors drawn to the hottest spot on Earth during ongoing US heat waveMost visitors at this time of year make it only a short distance to any site in the park — which bills itself as the lowest, hottest and driest place on Earth — before returning to the sanctuary of…
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Death Valley visitors drawn to the hottest spot on Earth during ongoing heat waveMost visitors this time of year make it only a short distance to any site in the park before returning to the sanctuary of an air-conditioned vehicle.
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Death Valley visitors drawn to the hottest spot on Earth during ongoing US heat waveTemperatures in the largest national park in the Lower 48 are expected to intensify over the weekend, potentially setting records amid a major U.S. heat wave.
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Death Valley visitors drawn to the hottest spot on Earth during ongoing US heat waveEven as the already extreme temperatures are forecast to climb even higher, potentially topping records amid a major US heat wave, tourists are arriving at this infamous desert landscape on the California-Nevada border.
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