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  2. Death Valley National Park - Wikipedia

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    Death Valley National Park is a national park of the United States that straddles the California–Nevada border, east of the Sierra Nevada.The park boundaries include Death Valley, the northern section of Panamint Valley, the southern section of Eureka Valley and most of Saline Valley.

  3. Telescope Peak - Wikipedia

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    Telescope Peak (Timbisha: Chiombe) is the highest point within Death Valley National Park, in the U.S. state of California. It is also the highest point of the Panamint Range, and lies in Inyo County. From atop this desert mountain one can see for over one hundred miles in many directions, including west to Mount Whitney, and east to Charleston ...

  4. Death Valley - Wikipedia

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    The highest point in Death Valley National Park is Telescope Peak, in the Panamint Range, which has an elevation of 11,043 feet (3,366 m). [ 10 ] A group of European-American pioneers got lost here in the winter of 1849–1850, while looking for a shortcut to the gold fields of California, giving Death Valley its grim name.

  5. Stunning satellite images show a rare lake in Death Valley ...

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    The park usually experiences about 2 inches of rainfall each year, but almost 5 inches have fallen on the valley floor in the past six months, McClatchy News previously reported.

  6. In Death Valley, a strange lake dwindles while California's ...

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    As the temporary lake evaporates, other parts of Death Valley National Park are reopening. Here's the latest for those visiting this winter. In Death Valley, a strange lake dwindles while ...

  7. Death Valley will likely reopen Oct. 15. Here's what ... - AOL

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    Death Valley National Park, whose roads and trails were scarred and flooded by August storms, will probably reopen Oct. 15, rangers say. If current repair plans hold, that reopening will give ...

  8. Rocky Mountain, Death Valley: What to know as more national ...

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    Dozens of the 424 sites within the National Park System no longer accept cash for entry. ... Death Valley spent roughly $40,000 a year on processing and transporting cash, according to the park. ...

  9. Geology of the Death Valley area - Wikipedia

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    The oldest rocks in the area that now includes Death Valley National Park are extensively metamorphosed by intense heat and pressure and are at least 1700 million years old. These rocks were intruded by a mass of granite 1400 Ma (million years ago) and later uplifted and exposed to nearly 500 million years of erosion.