01 Pat 'n Drew - 1976
East Entrance on CA 190
The shortest route from Las Vegas to Furnace Creek, DV. By way of DV Junction.
14 Furnace Creek Pool, Jen 'n Vic
Ubehebe Crater
The Ubehebe Crater is a large volcanic crater in the Northern part of Death Valley NP. It is 600 feet deep and half a mile across.
Road to Racetrack Playa
A total of 27 miles from Ubehebe Crater on a graded gravel road. It is large sized gravel with sharp edges, so hard on tires.. A car with city tires and low clearance is likely to find trouble
Teakettle Junction.
It's 20 miles to here from Ubehebe Crater, 7 more to the Racetrack Playa
The Grandstand
This is the first pull in after you reach the playa, you go on a couple of miles more to reach the place of the moving rocks.
Most of the playa surface is like this
Some tracks are straight, some curved or winding
The Moving Rocks of Death Valley on "The Race Track" Playa. This is at about 3,600ft elevation, and not on the valley floor . 20 miles of rough road to get here.
The rocks start at this mountain
Charcoal Kilns
High up on the Western side of Death Valley
If the Kilns were houses, the view would add a Million $
The snow-capped Sierra Nevada as seen from the Charcoal Kilns on the Western edge of Death Valley NP. The mountains are over 60 miles away as the crow flies
