Self Guided Death Valley Driving Tour start Death Valley Junction

Start at the legendary Amargosa Opera House, where dancer Marta Becket transformed an abandoned desert hall into a magical theater with her own painted audience.

Drive past the dramatically named Funeral Mountains and hear how Death Valley’s haunting landscape earned its reputation among early travelers.

A perfect photo stop as you officially enter one of America’s most extreme and unforgettable national parks.

The tour goes through Death Valley National Park sharing the stories and must see sites.

Take an optional scenic loop through colorful badlands named for the famous mule teams that hauled borax across the desert.

One of Death Valley’s most iconic viewpoints, famous for golden badlands that glow beautifully at sunrise and sunset.

See the historic desert resort built in 1927, once visited by Hollywood stars and designed as a luxury escape in the middle of the desert.

Walk through glowing amber and rust-colored canyon walls, a landscape also used as a filming location for Star Wars.

Drive a one-way scenic loop through hills painted by minerals in shades of red, pink, yellow, green, and purple.

Explore a bizarre field of jagged salt formations so rough “only the devil could play golf” there.

Hike into a desert canyon to see a natural rock arch carved by flash floods over thousands of years.

Stand at 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point in North America, and walk across dazzling white salt flats.

Stop for exhibits, restrooms, park information, and a break from the desert heat before continuing deeper into the park.

Discover the remains of the historic borax operation and see the original twenty-mule team wagon that helped make Death Valley famous.

Walk into rolling sand dunes backed by mountains—one of the park’s most photogenic and accessible desert landscapes.