Places of interest in the Death Valley area Places of interest in the Death Valley area Places of interest in the Death Valley area are mostly located within Death Valley National Park in eastern California. Artist's Drive rises up to the top of an alluvial fan fed by a deep canyon cut into the Black Mountains. Artist's Palette is an area on the face of the Black Mountains noted for a variety of rock colors. These colors are caused by the oxidation of different metals (iron compounds produce red, pink and yellow, decomposition of tuff-derived mica produces green, and manganese produces purple). Called the Artist Drive Formation, the
Oasis at Death Valley separate lodging facility from the Inn. It is on the valley floor next to the Park's Visitor Center. The ranch is known for being the location of the highest temperature recorded on Earth at 56.7 °C (134 °F) on July 10, 1913. The Borax Museum is located at The Ranch at Death Valley. The museum features borax mining tools and equipment of the Pacific Coast Borax Company, models of Twenty-mule team wagon trains, pioneer artifacts and mineral specimens. Oasis at Death Valley The Oasis at Death Valley, formerly called "Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort", is a luxury resort in