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Death Valley National Park

Your Hike To-Do List: Telescope Peak

June 16, 2009

If you’re running out of prominent local peaks or are just itching for a chance in scenery, Besthike.com’s Rick McCharles has you covered. He just finished up an overnight hike at Death Valley’s Telescope Peak – an 11,331 monster that overlooks both the Continental U.S.’s highest and lowest points — Mount Whitney at 14,505 and [...]

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Light Pollution in Death Valley

March 9, 2009

The LAist picked up on a great story from KCET’s SoCal Connected, highlighting the problem of light pollution in Death Valley and other National Parks. In the six minute video, the reporter ventures to Death Valley with a ranger and a night vision camera to document just how much light pollution from Vegas and other [...]

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Desert Blooms Incoming

February 13, 2009

If you’re looking to make a dash to view some desert wildflower blooms, now might be the time to start planning for a trip down south. The California Travel Girl tipped us off to the first wildflower report from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, which is just starting to see the first flowers pop through the [...]

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Steam Wells Petroglyphs

February 9, 2009

Texas-based writer and publisher Harry Helms has a personal blog detailing his travels and experiences. And luckily for us, he seems to take an intense interest in the ghost towns and lesser-known areas of the California-Nevada high desert. His most recent post gives some directions and descriptions to an area called Steam Wells — near [...]

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