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Furnace Creek Inn

Pacific Coast Borax Company built the Inn in 1927 partly to provide more business for their Death Valley Railroad.

The mining company understood Death Valley’s rustic charms could be easily lost without preservation. National Park status for Death Valley would not only limit damage from mining but also control excessive development (and competing hotels.)

Lowest to Highest Route Death Valley

Badwater Basin, CA, USA

Mt. Whitney, CA, USA

With temperatures that can reach 130 °F (54 °C) Death Valley is the hottest and driest of the national parks in the United States. The route from Badwater to the top of Mount Whitney connects the lowest point, 282 feet below sea level with the driest, hottest place in the United States. The two places are only 80 miles apart but the course’s cumulative elevation gain exceeds 19,000 feet (5,800 m).

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