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Dante’s View

Death Valley is part of the Mohave Desert located in the eastern part of California.  Dante’s View is 13 miles up on Dante’s View Road off HWY 190. It is located 11 miles southeast of Furnace Creek or 18 miles North of Death Valley Junction. There is a 25-degree temperature change at the top of this mountain range, so fair warning, Dress warm… even though this is Death Valley, the hottest recorded temperature on recorded is 134 F.

Once you reach the top of Dante’s View, you will see a panoramic view of Death Valley. Furnace Creek is visible to the North 31 miles away. To the south is Owlshead Mountains. Looking west and down is the Badwater Basin. Looking straight across to the west is Telescope Peak. Dante’s View is part of the Black Mountains along the Amargosa Range.

Cooking while camping

I use an electric cooker which runs off solar. It’s great. While you can use propane or butane, an electric cooker is another way to go. I even use it while I am driving. I plug it into my pure sine wave inverter and when I arrive at camp my meal is ready to eat.

Furnace Creek Visitor Center

https://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm

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There are a couple of hiking trails. One short trail and a few longer ones. All of them have great views. I went for the sunrise. I watch the shadow of the Black Mountains falls, I here sunsets are amazing from Dante’s View and Zabriskie Point.

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/dantes-view-trail