Death Valley is a huge park at 3.4 million acres. It is 140 miles long and 5-15 miles wide. We were there for 5 nights and spent 2 nights at Stovepipe Wells and 3 nights at Furnace Creek.
Stovepipe Wells Campground details:
No reservations. There is usually an open site even during the busy winter season.
.Cellular: 3G
WiFi: no
Noise: The US Navy have practice flights in Death Valley. We were awakened at 7 am by fighter jets buzzing by.
Cost: $14/night
The National Park Service Campground at Stovepipe Wells has 190 sites. It's a large parking lot with marked sites. We had #98—not too far from bathrooms. It's pretty barren--no trees or rock formations in the lot.
Pay at the kiosk and post your receipt on the pole at your RV site
There are no hookups at the sites but the campground has flush toilets and sinks where you can wash your dishes. You can pay for showers across the street at the Stovepipe Wells Village. There is a dump station and water filling station in the campground.
If you need hookups, you can get an RV site at the Stovepipe Wells Village. These spots are the first 2 rows at the National Park Service Campground.
Next to the Stovepipe Wells Village is the Burned Wagons Point, a former settlement. The sign reads "Near this monument, the Jayhawker group of Death Valley '49ers, gold seekers from the Middle West who entered Death Valley in 1849 seeking a short route to the mines of central California, burned their wagons, dried the meat of some oxen and, with surviving animals, struggled westward on foot."
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