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Death Valley National Park, California
Death Valley is called "A Place of Extremes: Hottest, Driest, Lowest." It is an incredible place of dramatic splendor. With mountain peaks ranging over 11,000 feet ( 3360 metres) to the lowest place in North America - the Badwater sea - 282 feet (85.5 m) below sea level. Its very name and such other names like Furnace Creek, Devil's Golf Course (not a golf course in the least bit), Funeral Mountains and Coffin Peak, may scare one away, but don't be fooled. This place is spectacular.
Death Valley can be almost inhospitable in the summer with daily temperatures of 115 F ( 46 C). The highest temperature recorded was 134 F (57 C). The park receives an annual rainfall of less than 2 inches (5 cm), enough to support an amazing diversity of desert life. In the spring, after the winter rains, the park is a-bloom with a spectacular array of colourful wildflowers. This is the best time to visit.
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