Death Valley California Map

About Death Valley, California

Death Valley is a locality in Inyo County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 576. The population density is 1.0 people per km². Death Valley is located at 36.5323°N, 116.9325°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92328.

Death Valley presents a landscape of stark, geological intensity where the earth’s crust seems to have buckled under the weight of an ancient, unyielding sun. It lies 75.2 miles north-northeast of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 33°T), and is situated 57.3 miles west-northwest of Pahrump. Salt Creek meanders through this arid expanse, its meager, saline flow carving a delicate, shimmering path that stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding mineral-crusted plains. To the west, the distant peaks of the Sierra Nevada remain a faint, jagged promise on the horizon, separated from this basin by nearly two hundred miles of parched terrain. The air here holds a heavy, dry stillness, and the ground, particularly toward the nearby Cottonball Basin, is a mosaic of crystalline patterns that fracture the light into a blinding, monochromatic glare.

Death Valley exists as a profound, protected expanse within the Death Valley Wilderness Area, preserving a silence that has persisted long after the brief, frenetic chapters of mining prospectors and failed homesteaders. The local economy is defined almost entirely by the rhythms of geological preservation and the sparse, transient traffic of those drawn to the extreme conditions of this environment. Life here is measured by the subtle shifts in heat and the slow evolution of the salt flats, where the history of human endeavor is rendered fragile by the sheer scale of the wilderness. This is a place where the modern world feels attenuated, leaving only the raw, tectonic character of the basin to dictate the pace of every passing hour.

About This Death Valley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Death Valley, California. Coordinates: 36.532265, -116.932541. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Death Valley includes the ZIP code (92328), telephone area code (909), county seat of Inyo County (Independence), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.