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ModerateSaline Valley Road — Waucoba Road to the Saline Valley Warm Springs
Death Valley's lonely back door
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Overlanding Trails in California
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ModerateTitus Canyon Road — Daylight Pass Road to Death Valley via Leadfield and the Narrows
One-way ghost town and slot canyon in Death Valley.
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Ubehebe Crater — Volcanic Blast Crater at the Head of Racetrack Valley Road
Half a mile wide and 600 feet deep, this steam-blast crater is the last pavement stop before Racetrack…
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Stovepipe Wells Campground — Death Valley National Park
Big, no-frills NPS gravel-lot campground at the Stovepipe Wells crossroads, the closest developed camp to the Ubehebe end…
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Homestake Dry Camp — Racetrack Valley Road Backcountry Campsite
NPS-designated dry camp on Racetrack Road, the practical overnight stop for running Ubehebe to the Racetrack without rushing…
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ModerateRacetrack Valley Road — Ubehebe Crater to The Racetrack via Teakettle Junction
Sliding rocks and tyre-eating washboard.
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Saline Valley — Death Valley National Park Backcountry Camping
A remote, lonely valley on the far side of the Inyo Mountains. Dirt roads, wide-open desert camping, and…
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Trona Pinnacles — BLM Dispersed Camping
Five hundred tufa spires rising out of a dry lakebed, with free BLM camping among them. It looks…
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Eureka Dunes — Death Valley Remote Valley Camping
California's tallest dunes, a long way down washboard road, with free primitive camping and some of the darkest…
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Whitney Portal Campground — Inyo National Forest
Creekside USFS camp at the end of the Whitney Portal Road, 8,000 feet up, right under the east…