Death Valley Wilderness

Fire restrictions

Who manages Death Valley Wilderness

Getting to Death Valley Wilderness

• Furnace Creek, CA is the nearest town, 0.9 miles in a straight line from the boundary (not a driving distance). (US Census places, accessed 2026-09-29)
• Access roads named on the area's wilderness.net page: Highway 367.

Position, roads and vehicle notes: wilderness.net page for Death Valley Wilderness, accessed 2026-09-29. Roads and conditions change; check with the managing office before driving in.

Trailheads at Death Valley Wilderness

• Cottonwood Canyon Trailhead (inside the boundary), at 36.5403, -117.3449 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Marble Canyon Trailhead (inside the boundary), at 36.6195, -117.3304 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Monarch Valley Trailhead (inside the boundary), at 36.7295, -116.9169 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Natural Bridge Trailhead (inside the boundary), at 36.2813, -116.7697 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Grotto Canyon Trailhead (0.01 mi outside the boundary), at 36.5825, -117.1044 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Leadfield Trailhead (0.01 mi outside the boundary), at 36.8483, -117.0593 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Mosaic Canyon Trailhead (0.01 mi outside the boundary), at 36.5718, -117.1442 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)
• Titus Canyon and Fall Canyon Trailhead (0.01 mi outside the boundary), at 36.8220, -117.1741 (mapped on OpenStreetMap)

Trailheads mapped on OpenStreetMap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License , accessed 2026-09-29. The extract used here, with distances from the boundary: osm-trailheads-ca.json. Where an agency layer lists the same trailhead, the agency's point is shown instead. Elevations from USGS 3DEP.

Named summits, canyons, and springs in Death Valley Wilderness

• Aguereberry Point summit
• Artists Palette summit
• Ashford Peak summit
• Death Valley Canyon canyon
• Anvil Spring Canyon canyon
• Arrastre Spring spring
• Big Dodd Spring spring
• Lost Lake lake

Features whose official location is inside the boundary, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System, accessed 2026-09-29.

Public lands next to Death Valley Wilderness

• National Park Service unitDeath Valley Wilderness lies inside Death Valley National Park.
• Wilderness areaDeath Valley Wilderness borders Argus Range Wilderness.
• Wilderness areaDeath Valley Wilderness borders Avawatz Mountains Wilderness.
• Wilderness areaDeath Valley Wilderness borders Darwin Falls Wilderness.
• Wilderness areaDeath Valley Wilderness borders Funeral Mountains Wilderness.
• Wilderness areaDeath Valley Wilderness borders Ibex Wilderness.
• Wilderness areaDeath Valley Wilderness borders Inyo Mountains Wilderness.
• National forestDeath Valley Wilderness borders Inyo National Forest.

Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.

Other wilderness areas in California

• Desolation Wilderness (El Dorado County)
• Dick Smith Wilderness (Santa Barbara County)
• Dinkey Lakes Wilderness (Fresno County)
• Domeland Wilderness (Tulare County)
• El Paso Mountains Wilderness (Kern County)

California wilderness areas