Please recommend a campsite(s) in Death Valley.

[beastie]

There are a few campsites off of the highway 190 around the Furnace Creek Visitor Center and that’s the area I would like to camp or nearby; preferably a small and quiet site.

Also, if you have a suggestion for a must see area in DV please let me know. I'm hoping the wildflowers will be in bloom before long.

Thanks in advance!

[tomcat_rc]

halfway between DV junction and Furnace Creek - on the south side is an abandoned trailer park - this is out of park boundary and fires are permitted. It is close to where the hike for Pyramid Peak.

I will bring back a wildflower update after this weekend, but the reports I have heard are that flowers are definately in bloom and prime for viewing at the lower elevations.

[phydeux]

If you're an Auto Club member, get one of their "Death Valley Visitor's Guide"'s. It looks like a fold-out map, and has a lot of info on all the touristy things inside the park. Interesting stuff: Scotty's Castle, Ubehebe Craters, Badwater (of course!), and Dante's view and Artist's Pallet Drive during the late afternoon. (Dante's Peak is a short walk from Date's View).

Also lots of hiking - Telescope Peak and Wildrose Peak are hikes with outstanding views (accessed from outside the Valley proper on the west.). Lots of hikes inside the valley itself. . . too many to name.