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Trailhead: Badwater Basin, Badwater Rd, Death Valley, CA 92328 Parking: Free parking in parking lot or along road. Death Valley National Park does have a $30 entrance fee. More about the park fees HERE. Distance: 1 mile out & back. Badwater Basin is a popular tourist destination in Death Valley National Park. It's worth at least a short visit if you're visiting the park because of it's unique topography and because it's the lowest point in North America, coming in at 282 feet

As 2021 comes to a close, The Wanderer Hiking Blog celebrates a year of existence! Technically, our 1 year anniversary came at the end of November, but close enough... With the end of the year closing in fast, it's time again to share with you my top 5 trails of 2021. This year we went to four national parks! We also ventured to quite a few more trails in the Los Angeles area. So it was definitely hard to pick, but here they are: 5. Echo Mountain via Sam Merrill Trail Maybe i

Trailhead: Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes Parking, CA-190, Stovepipe Wells, CA 92328 Parking: Free parking lot at trailhead. Death Valley National Park does have a $30 entrance fee. More about the park fees HERE. Distance: 2 miles out & back. This review is a little different than previous reviews. That's because there is no actual path to follow on the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. It's more of a choose-your-own-adventure experience. We ultimately walked about 1 mile out to one of the

Trailhead: Golden Canyon Trailhead, Badwater Rd, Furnace Creek, CA 92328 Parking: Free parking in parking lot. Death Valley National Park does have a $30 entrance fee. More about the park fees HERE. Distance: 3 miles out & back. The Golden Canyon Hike can be done in a number of ways. The complete circuit actually totals about 7.8 miles and more information on that version of this hike can be found HERE on the NPS website. The version we did was to hike to the Red Cathedral an

Trailhead: Titus Canyon Parking Lot, End of Red Pass, Titus Canyon Road, Death Valley, CA Parking: Free parking in gravel parking lot. Death Valley National Park does have a $30 entrance fee. More about the park fees HERE. Distance: 6.6 miles out & back The hike for Fall Canyon starts at the parking lot for Titus Canyon. Google Maps may try to send you around to the Eastern side of the mountain range because Titus Canyon can be viewed by driving a one-way road from East to We