Title: Death Valley National Park: Description (DesertUSA)
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Zabriskie Point
Zabriskie Point Update: Closed from December 1, 2014 - March 31, 2015. When the project commences, all access to Zabriskie Point and surrounding area will be closed for major rehabilitation work to repair unstable support walls and improve conditions. CA Hwy 190 will remain open to through traffic. Death Valley was a daunting obstacle to pioneer settlers and miners entering California during the Gold Rush of 1849. But only one 49er is known to have perished crossing Death Valley. Fifty years later, it was a center of borax mining and today, its extreme environment attracts campers, hikers, nature lovers and tourists from worldwide. Death Valley National Park is the largest national park outside of Alaska. Death Valley forms part of the Basin and Range Province of the Great Basin Desert.