Death Valley National Park is the largest National Park in the United States outside of Alaska. Upgraded to National Park status on October 31, 1994, by the Desert Protection act, within its boundaries are some 3.4 million acres of canyons, sand dunes, salt flats, waterfalls, hot springs, 11,000 foot mountains,strange and compelling rock formations, endless vistas, and stars at night that you can almost reach out and touch. The hottest recorded temperature in the Northern hemisphere occurred here …showed first 75 words of 5501 total…

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