bobbyg2013
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Is it worth it to stop here for a night or two? If yes, where do you recommend I stay?
You took the words right out of my mouth. It is a fantastic place to visit between October and March. Between April and September you have to be insane to go there. It is a really beautiful place to visit and has some amazing scenery.UTTransplant said:Death Valley is absolutely incredible and well worth a visit. It is huge though, even bigger than Yellowstone. We prefer staying at Sunset campground when we are there. It is close to the private resort. No hookups though. There are private campgrounds with hookups, but the are frequently fully booked. Note all the big campgrounds are basically parking lots. Texas Spring (up the hill from Sunset, no reservations, no generators) and Mesquite aspring are lovely but hard to get in to.
) ) )^^^ArdraF said:Two days aren't enough. The distances are long between various features and/or attractions.
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During the 2017 Encampment Texas Springs was closed. Sunset opened up for the Encampment, but it was scheduled to close again right afterwards. Due to hard work by park staff and some dumb luck, Sunset stayed open and Texas Springs opened up the day the Encampment ended. There should be no problems with either one in 2018.john owens said:I was looking over the info on the upcoming 49er's gathering and it said Sunset Campground and Texas Springs Campground are both closed until further notice...Is this the real deal???
UTTransplant said:During the 2017 Encampment Texas Springs was closed. Sunset opened up for the Encampment, but it was scheduled to close again right afterwards. Due to hard work by park staff and some dumb luck, Sunset stayed open and Texas Springs opened up the day the Encampment ended. There should be no problems with either one in 2018.
jackiemac said:Oh and if you fancy take a blue flashlight and look for Scorpions!
You're welcome. Not always easy to spot, but we saw some last year at Usery Mountain State Park in North Phoenix, see photos...kdbgoat said:Thanks for the lesson on scorpion finding Jackie! ) I never knew about that, so I did an internet search and saw a couple of neat videos. Pretty cool.
Thanks for correcting me Wendy, didnt realise there were any, our friends certainly didn't have a site with any. That's good info as we want to camp in Death Valley this year and that was a nice place.Wendy said:Furnace Creek Campground does have some hookup sites. They are reservable and fill up fast.