Death Valley National Park is a 3.4 million acre park that is the largest park in the contiguous states of the USA. This unusual valley is surrounded by steep mountain ranges.
Scenic Drive along 20 Mule Team Canyon Road
Location: Death Valley National Park, CA Length: 2,8 miles GPS Coordinates: N 36 24.570 W 116 47.680 Contact Information: Death Valley National Park P.O. Box 579 Death Valley, CA 92328 One of the best-known “historic symbols” of Death Valley is the Twenty Mule Teams. Such “teams” were comprised of 18 mules and 2 horses, pulling huge wagons filled with borax, bringing it from mines located in Furnace Creek area to the railhead which was at that time near Mojave. That was an exhausting trip which lasted for 10 days, [...]