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Off-road Greenwater Valley Road, Death Valley National Park, California
Greenwater Valley is best known for impressive displays of late spring wildflowers. Once bustling during mining booms, little remains of the ghost towns of Furnace and Greenwater accessible via side roads.
Note: Drive slowly to help protect desert tortoise.
Vehicle needed: High-clearance.
Distance: 28 miles.
Start: Dantes View Road from the north or Hwy 178 from the south.
Camping: No camping first two miles from paved roads.
The spur road to Gold Valley dead-ends at the head of Willow Canyon, an impassable gorge draining into Death Valley.
Vehicle needed: High-clearance for the fi rst seven miles, then 4WD as the wash narrows and tops out at a 4,400’ pass.
Distance: 12.5 miles.
Start: 18 miles south of Dantes View Road on Greenwater Valley Road.
Deadman Pass Road is an alternative 4WD route to return to pavement, connecting Greenwater Valley directly to Hwy. 127 to the east.
Vehicle needed: High-clearance to the pass, then 4WD to the highway due to deep, loose gravel.
Distance: 13.6 miles.
Start: 18.2 miles south of Dante’s View Road.
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