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Dantes View Overlook Reopens At Death Valley National Park

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May 12, 2018

Dantes View at Death Valley National Park/NPS

After four months of closure for construction, Death Valley National Park's Dantes View overlook is again open to the public. 

“Dantes View is one of the most popular sites in the park, and every year over half a million people make the drive up to Dantes to see Badwater basin a mile below them," said Death Valley Superintendent Mike Reynolds. "However, the site was in desperate need of stabilization and now provides a much better visitor experience.”

Located mroe than 5,600 feet above Badwater Basin, Dantes View provides sweeping panoramic views of Death Valley. However, in the past, some visitors were not able to enjoy the view because the narrow sidewalk was crumbling in places and there was no barrier to keep people from falling off the steep mountain ridge.

This remodel added a broad flat viewing area, benches, a retaining wall to stabilize the eroding hilltop, and a wall with a railing. Artist Bridget Keimel constructed a bronze tactile map of the surrounding landscape.

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