Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park

At 282 feet below sea level, this is famously the lowest point in North America, and takes its name from a spring of undrinkable water close to the parking area. A walk out onto the pure white salt flats is an experience not to be forgotten you get a real sense of scale just a few hundred yards out, particularly looking north along the valley.

If you go:
Remember to take water with you; this is one of the hottest places on earth with daytime highs in summer often in excess of 120 degrees F.

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