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Day
Hikes Outside of the Furnace Creek Area
15)
Mosaic Canyon
Length: 2 miles, one-way.
Starting Point: Mosaic
Canyon parking area, 2 miles from Stovepipe
Wells Village on graded dirt road.
Description: Popular walk
up narrow polished marble-walled canyon.
Some slickrock scrambling necessary. "Mosaics" of fragments
of rocks cemented together can be seen in canyon walls.
Bighorn sheep sighted occasionally.
16)
Titus Canyon Narrows
Length: 1.5 miles, one-way.
Starting Point: Titus Canyon
Mouth parking area, 3 miles off Scotty's
Castle road on graded dirt road.
Description: Easy access
to lower Titus Canyon road. Follow gravel
road up wash 1.5 mi. through narrows or continue to Klare
Springs and petroglyphs
at 6.5 miles.
No camping allowed.
17)
Dante's Ridge
Length: 0.5 miles to first
summit, 4 miles one-way to Mt. Perry.
Starting Point: Dantes View parking area.
Description: Follow the
ridge north of Dantes View for spectacular
vistas and a cool place to escape summer heat.
No Trail for last 3.5 miles.
18) Keane Wonder Mine Trail
Length: 1 mile, one-way.
Starting Point: Keane Wonder
Mill parking area, 2 miles off Beatty
Cutoff road on graded dirt road.
Description: Very steep,
narrow trail from mill ruins to mine 1500 ft.
above. Sweeping views of Death Valley.
CAUTION: Do not enter any
mines - they are unstable and hazardous.
Do not remove any historical
artifacts.
19)
Keane Wonder Springs
Length: 1 mile, one-way.
Starting Point: Keane Wonder
Mill parking area, 2 miles off Beatty
Cutoff road on graded dirt road.
Description: Follow pipeline
north along mountain base to sulfur springs
and travertine mounds. Beyond springs are remains of an
old stampmill and cabin.
Do not remove any historical
artifacts.
20)
Little Hebe Crater Trail
Length: 0.5 mile, one-way.
Starting Point: Ubehebe
Crater parking area, 8 miles west of Scotty’s
Castle.
Description: Volcanic craters
and elaborate erosion. Hike along west
rim of Ubehebe Crater to Little Hebe and several older
craters. Continue
around Ubehebe’s rim for loop hike.
21)
Darwin Falls Trail
Length: 1 mile, one-way
Starting Point: Darwin
Falls parking area, 2 miles off Hwy 190 on graded
dirt road, 1 mile west of Panamint Springs Resort.
Description: This small
waterfall flows year round in a deep, rugged
gorge. Thick vegetation and muddy stream crossings can
be challenging.
Public water supply, no
swimming or bathing please.
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