Death Valley is one of the hottest, driest, and lowest places on earth.
It’s located east of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, California, preventing moist air from traveling east.
The drive starts at Bad Water ( -282 feet / -86 m), the lowest place in North America, and heads to Low Pine near Mt. Whitney (14,505 ft / 4,421 m), the highest mountain in Mainland USA, after visiting Furnace Creek Visitor Center, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes.
You will see the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range with snow as the vehicle approaches Low Pine after leaving Death Valley.
The National Park Weather forecast predicted temporary thunderstorms in Death Valley on that day.
It was true. I had rain at Bad Water, the driest place. Fortunately, it was not heavy rain that caused floods like in 2023.
Google Maps route: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6BkzwUbhGrUfi1Fp7
00:00 Bad Water to Furnace Creek Visitor Center
27:01 Furnace Creek Visitor Center
29:12 Furnace Creek Visitor Center to Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes Parking
55:34 Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes Parking to Stovepipe Wells
58:49 Stovepipe Wells to Town Pass
1:19:12 Town Pass to Panamint Springs
1:35:17 Panamint Springs to Father Crowley Overlook
1:48:58 Father Crowley Overlook to Lone Pine
Date: 4/26/2024
Camera: GH6 + HSA12035
Music: Swans In Flight – Asher Fulero from YouTube Audio Library
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Desert oasis demand respect
great nature🫡
Great how many amazing places on the face of the Earth you've already been to, and this is definitely one of them – incredible drive from low, dry and hot plains towards the high and snowy Sierra Nevada (but now anything is possible as for climate – even heavy rains in the extra dry places 💦😅…)