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Trails
Trails in Death Valley National Park
Compare distance, typical time, difficulty, and trail details.
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Zabriskie Point Overlook Trail
A quick paved stroll to Death Valley’s most photogenic badlands.
Easy
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
Choose your own dune adventure with knockout sunrise and sunset.
Challenging
Telescope Peak
Desert-to-alpine summit day with bristlecones and massive views
Easy
Titus Canyon Narrows
Short slot-like walk with soaring limestone walls and deep shade.
Moderate
Mosaic Canyon
Polished marble narrows and mosaic breccia in a choose-your-distance slot
Easy
Artist's Palette Wash
Walk into Death Valley’s rainbow hills right from the overlook.
Easy
Badwater Basin Boardwalk
Easy stroll to surreal salt flats at North America's low point
Easy
Racetrack Playa
Remote, surreal walk to The Grandstand and sailing stones
Easy
Darwin Falls Trail
A shady, year-round desert oasis with a real waterfall.
Moderate
Golden Canyon to Red Cathedral
Golden walls to a red-rock amphitheater with a fun, short scramble.
Moderate
Golden Canyon and Gower Gulch Loop
Desert classic: golden narrows, badlands, and big views in one loop
Moderate
Manly Beacon Loop
Badlands loop around Manly Beacon via Golden Canyon and Gower Gulch
Moderate
Zabriskie Point to Golden Canyon
Iconic badlands loop linking Zabriskie Point and Golden Canyon
Challenging
Wildrose Peak Trail
Shorter path to big Death Valley views from a historic trailhead
Challenging
Dante's Ridge to Mount Perry
Scenic, exposed ridge from Dante’s View to Mount Perry
Moderate
Badlands Loop (Zabriskie Point)
Short, vivid badlands sampler below the iconic Zabriskie Point.
Challenging
Eureka Dunes
Remote, towering dunes with booming sands and big views
Moderate
Ibex Dunes
Remote, pristine dunes with solitude—worth it if you’re prepared
Challenging
Sidewinder Canyon
Twisty slot canyons with scrambles, solitude, and route-finding.
Moderate
Panamint Dunes
Remote dunes, big views, and rare solitude if you earn it
Moderate
Marble Canyon
Remote marble narrows, petroglyphs, and big desert silence.
Challenging
Cottonwood-Marble Canyon Loop
Remote desert loop linking Cottonwood, Deadhorse, and Marble Canyons
Challenging
Cottonwood Canyon
Remote desert canyon with springs, solitude, and serious route-finding
Moderate
Little Hebe Crater Loop
Short loop with big crater views and otherworldly volcanic textures
Challenging
Fall Canyon
Big-walled solitude to a dryfall and gorgeous narrows beyond
Moderate
Fall Canyon Trail
Quiet, colorful narrows to a dramatic dryfall turnaround.
Challenging
Corkscrew Peak Trail
Steep off-trail desert climb to a lonely 5,804-foot panorama
Moderate
Ubehebe Crater Rim Trail
Short rim loop with huge crater views and a bonus detour to Little Hebe
Moderate
Desolation Canyon Trail
Color-drenched badlands and a quiet canyon with easy scrambles
Challenging
Keane Wonder Mine Trail
Steep climb through mining relics to huge Death Valley views
Challenging
Grotto Canyon
Polished narrows and hands-on scrambling for adventurous hikers
Easy
Salt Creek Interpretive Trail
A short, flat boardwalk to rare water and endemic pupfish.
Challenging
Death Valley Buttes
Short, scrambly ridge to huge Death Valley panoramas.
Moderate
Willow Canyon Trail
Quiet desert canyon to a rare seasonal waterfall and narrows.
Challenging
Tucki Mountain via Mosaic Canyon
Remote off trail summit via marble narrows and sweeping valley views
Easy
Natural Bridge Canyon Trail
Quick canyon walk to a dramatic rock bridge and dry falls
Easy
Harmony Borax Works Interpretive Trail
A bite-size, paved loop around the 1880s borax works ruins.
Easy
