Dante's View

USA / California / Furnace Creek /
 mountain, movie / film / TV location
Elevation 5,475 feet (1669 m) above sea level. 5,755 feet above Badwater Spring.
This ridge line in the Black Mountains (a spur of the Amargosa Range) separates Death Valley on the west from Greenwater Valley to the east. From here one can see the lowest point in the United States almost directly below.
Photo by Douglas Dolde looking northwest across Badwater Basin. Badwater Spring is near the bottom of the picture. The lowest point in the western hemisphere is further out, near the opposite shore of the lake.
Black and white photo by Edward Weston shows how it looked in 1938.
vide:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountains_%28California%29
peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=93638
www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=36.22050&lon=-116.72671&d...

Filming location of Star Wars A New Hope where the city of Mos Eisley is viewed from on top.
Death Valley National Park
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante's_View
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   36°13'14"N   116°43'35"W

Comments

  • The last few hundred yards of road are at a nearly 20% or 1 in 5 grade. If your engine is already overheating it is wiser to use the lower parking lot.
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