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Outlaws Return to Death Valley
The Arizona Outlaws are planning another 4-day driving event to Death Valley National Monument, set for February 20-23, 2025. Here's what to look forward to:
Death Valley is the largest U.S. National Park outside Alaska at 3,422,024 acres, with nearly 1,000 miles of paved and dirt roads providing access to locations both popular and remote. Even so, 93 percent of the park is protected as designated Wilderness. That wild country includes low valley floors crusted with barren salt flats, rugged mountains rising as much as 11,000 feet, deep and winding canyons, rolling sand dunes, and spring-fed oases.
The names are ominous. Death Valley. Badwater. Furnace Creek. Yet there's striking beauty. The rippling sand dunes. Colorful mountains. Plants and animals thriving amid topographic extremes. Now you're one of them. Savoring the views. Tackling the drives. And basking in the sun. With nothing but good omens in sight.
While Death Valley is not the typical 356 inspired twisty-road driving experience, it is one of the more interesting destinations in the West. The itinerary has been designed to visit most of the interesting sights in Death Valley without lengthy drives each day. The weather in February averages a high of 74 and low of 46 degrees. All roads on the drive are paved.
This is the itinerary:
Thursday – February 20th (Total Distance – 327 miles)
- Arrive at 8:30 am at Arizona Game and Fish, 5000 W Carefree Hwy, Phoenix, for the 9 am send off, heading for the Holiday Inn Express in Pahrump, Nevada, for the first night.
- There will be a stop for lunch at Mr D’z Route 66 Diner in Kingman.
Friday – February 21st (Total Distance – 138 miles)
- Meet for Breakfast
- Drive to Dante's View (61 miles)
- Drive to Zabriskie Point
- Drive to Furnace Creek Visitor Center
- Lunch at The Ranch 1849 Restaurant
- Drive to Badwater
- Drive to Artists Drive/Palate
- Drive to Devil's Golf Course
- Drive to Furnace Creek Ranch
- Check in at The Oasis at Death Valley ($271+taxes)
- Dinner at the Last Kind Words Saloon
Saturday – February 22nd (Total Distance – 190 miles)
- Breakfast
- Drive to Ubehebe Crater
- Drive to Stovepipe Wells
- Lunch at Badwater Saloon
- Drive by Devils Cornfield
- Drive to Salt Creek Trail
- Drive to Harmony Borax Works
- Drive back to Furnace Creek Ranch to sightsee if desired
- Drive back to Pahrump for the night
- Hotel at Holiday Inn Express in Pahrump. ($180+taxes)
- Dinner
Sunday – February 23rd
In order to sign up, click on Club Registration. That page includes instructions about registering for the tour and contacting the hotels to make reservations. |
