The key is knowing when to visit. Here’s what travelers should know about Death Valley, the latest national park in USA TODAY’s yearlong series. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...

With a busy summer ahead in National Parks across the United States, times are more uncertain than ever before. Closures are ...

As summer approaches, Death Valley National Park officials urge motorcycle riders to think twice before traveling during ...

Death Valley, the hottest area of America ... this has yet to be officially confirmed. USA TODAY has reached out to the NPS for comment. While wildflowers can pop up in the valley every year ...

I was facing 90-degree-plus Fahrenheit temperatures, and so will those of you heading through Death Valley this summer—now, ...

Death Valley is the size of Connecticut and the largest national park in the contiguous United States. It became a national monument in 1933 under President Herbert Hoover in part to protect two ...

"Visiting Death Valley was a life-changing experience ... both the highest and lowest points in the contiguous United States. As a teenager, I had the incredible opportunity to climb Mt.

I'm in Death Valley, one of the most remote places in the United States, and at 282 feet below sea level, this is North America's ground floor. Rising up around me as a landscape that may seem ...

in Death Valley, California, claimed the mercury hit an astonishing 134 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest temperature ever recorded in the United States. In 2012, Denton’s record was officially ...