Palm Springs & the Deserts - California - page 1680

23 Emigrant Campground B4
24 Furnace Creek Campground C1
25 Inn at Furnace Creek D1
Mahogany Flat Campground B4
26 Mesquite Springs Campground B2
27 Panamint Springs Resort A4
28 Ranch at Furnace Creek C1
29 Stovepipe Wells Campground B3
30 Stovepipe Wells Village B3
31 Sunset Campground C1
32 Texas Spring Campground C1
Thorndike Camping B4
33 Wildrose Campground B4
Eating
34 49'er Cafe C1
35 Corkscrew Saloon C1
Inn at Furnace Creek D1
Panamint Springs Resort A4
Toll Road Restaurant & Badwater Saloon B3
36 Wrangler Restaurant C1
South of Furnace Creek
If possible start out early in the morning to drive up to Zabriskie Point ( MAP
GOOGLE MAP ) for spectacular valley views across golden badlands eroded into waves,
pleats and gullies. Escape the heat by continuing on to Dante's View ( MAP GOOGLE MAP
) at 5475ft, where you can simultaneously see the highest (Mt Whitney) and lowest (Bad-
water) points in the contiguous USA. The drive there takes about 1½ to two hours round-
trip.
Badwater ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ) itself, a foreboding landscape of crinkly salt flats, is a
17-mile drive south of Furnace Creek. Here you can walk out onto a constantly evaporat-