Death Valley

Hottest Place on Earth

36.2396, -116.8113 · US · best Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec

Death Valley National Park in Nevada/California holds the record as the Hottest Place on Earth, a surreal landscape of salt flats, sand dunes, and colorful badlands. Badwater Basin at 282 feet below sea level and the star-filled night skies offer an otherworldly American experience.