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Welcome to the BackRoadsWest.com Virtual Guide of Death Valley and its surrounding area! This Guide is designed to give you all the information you'll need to become familiar with the Death Valley area and the accurate directions to get to those out-of-the-way locations we describe!

Use this page to access the main areas of the Guide by clicking on the buttons. Or use the menu on the left of your screen and click on your topic.

If you are using this Guide for the first time, please take a few moments and read the Introduction and Instructions before moving on to the other chapters:

Introduction

Gives you a summary of the major topics in the Guide as well as places to stay, directions, and weather conditions.

Instructions

Gives you important information on how the Guide is set up and how to best use the features included.

Find information by Map or Place:

Lookup by Map

Lookup by Map is an interactive map of the entire Death Valley area. Find a location on the map, click on it and read about that Chapter.

Lookup by Place

Lookup by Place is an alphabetical list of all the Places (Chapters) within this Guide. Use it as a quick and easy way to get to a particular Chapter.

Find information by Topic:

	Geology Death Valley is one of the best places on Earth to see how the dramatic forces Nature have built up and then torn away the landscape. And what breathtaking colors!
	Hiking One of the best ways to see the wonders of Death Valley is on foot. Go on hikes with us through our pictures and descriptions and be sure to read about the dangers of hiking here before you go yourself.
	History Death Valley's history has a little bit of everything - scandals, successes and failures, con-men and visionaries. This chapter gives an overview of that history including pictures of some of the "colorful characters" involved in the exciting mining years.
	Photography Death Valley has some fantastic opportunities for photography. This chapter gives you a list of some great spots and suggestions on when to visit them.
	Road Trips Join us as we travel the many, great back roads in Death Valley; each with it's own unique reward. Be prepared before you head out to onto these back roads yourself.

And don't forget

to use the glossary and references, too. You'll learn even more!

Happy Exploring
and
Thank You for buying the most comprehensive Virtual Guide available!