Dante's View - Death Valley National Park, CA, USA
N 36° 13.240 W 116° 43.603
11S E 524561 N 4008458
This panoramic vista, known as Dante's View, is situated atop the Black Mountains and is considered to be one of the great photographic spots in Death Valley - and you can drive right to it.
Waymark Code: WMGWZQ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2013
Views: 15
"Dante's View is a viewpoint terrace at 1,669 m (5,475 feet) height, on the north side of Coffin Peak, along the crest of the Black Mountains, overlooking Death Valley. Dante's View is about 25 km (15 miles) south of Furnace Creek in Death Valley National Park.
From the Dante's View parking lot, visitors can take several paths, one of which leads to the very brink of the edge, offering a dramatic panoramic view. Another path leads north 320 m (350 yards) to a rest area with picnic tables. The best time to visit Dante's View is in the cooler morning hours, when the sun is in the east. Dante's View is an excellent venue for night time star viewing with telescopes." (
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While there are only two disabled parking stalls painted on the pavement, the parking area is a large, somewhat oval parking area. There is no real way to count stalls since there aren't any painted, other than the two mentioned. I would think that there is easily enought space for 30 or more vehicles depending on how people parked.
Vehicles towing trailers are not allowed to this point. There is an area down the mountain a few miles for dropping trailers. The last 1/4 mile of the road is quite steep.
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