Death Valley Research Paper

Death Valley National Park is one of my favorite places I have been in my life! Death Valley is located almost in between the states California and Nevada. Death Valley was declared in 1933 but it was established on October 31st 1994. It covers about 3.4 million acres of land! You have to visit this majestic wonder of the world. What makes Death Valley such a national treasure is its scorching hot temperatures. It is a very hot and dry place to visit but I can tell you that it's worth it. There is a big sign as you enter the park that says “Death Valley is the largest national park in the lower 48 states!” On my first day here it got up to 103 degrees fahrenheit. The highest it has ever gotten here at Death Valley was 134 degrees! Luckily the …show more content…
This park is absolutely the dryest place I have ever visited. My mouth would always be dry so i had to carry around a large jug of water. There are some people that I spoke with that live here in Death Valley. I feel bad for those people. Most people don't like to visit here because it's too hot outside but I noticed there are actually indoor places to go and observe the park too! On my trip to Death Valley there were some days where I didn't want to attend the park so I went somewhere else in the same area as the park. A couple of miles away from the park there is a old mine shaft that has now been turned into a tourist attraction. Visiting the mine was honestly one of my favorite parts about Death Valley. The name of the mine is “Keanu Wonder Mine.” The overseer of the mine said that the mine was named after Ralph Keanu who died one day after he mined over 3 pounds of gold in the mine. The mine was named after him because he was the only miner in the history of that mineshaft that mined over 3 pounds of gold. One odd thing that I noticed about Death Valley is that for it to be such a hot habitat it has a lot of animals! The park is full of animals but the most common one is the grey