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6th grade language arts
3rd Hour
Death Valley National Park
Have you ever wondered why this national park is called Death Valley? or what it is?
Death valley lies in California, northeast of Death Valley National Park extends to Nevada.
Death Valley’s name is forbidding and gloomy, this is not the reason why it is name death
valley. The reason that Death Valley’s name is what it is this present day is because of a
group of pioneers, they were lost in Death Valley in 1849-1850. They all knew that someday
they will die and Death Valley will become their grave but only one group has died there,
and as days went by Death Valley had kept it’s name from the pioneers.
This National Park is deep and shallow it is 130 miles this is 209 Kilometers long.
The width of this National Park is 14 miles wide. A great place that is in death valley is
Scotty’s castle it lies in the north of Death Valley National Park, Death valley is like a desert
but a great place to visit . As you read on you will learn what Scotty's castle is or what Death
Valley’s national Park is! This national Park is a very interesting place to learn about.
Grapevine Canyon in far northern Death Valley is where Scotty’s Castle is, it is
hidden there. People say that Scotty built his castle by the money he found in the mine, it
had plenty of money in it the reason that Scotty has built this castle is because he made it
his getaway or his hideout. People also recall Scotty as a mystery or a entertainer but
mostly he was a friend.There are more to know then Scotty’s castle like land of startling,
stark beauty, scorching valleys, snow-capped peaks, borax mines, and a grandly furnished
Castle. These are all at Death Valley National Park. There is even more to know about
death valley for example the highest mountain in the park it is called telescope peak so high

2. that it is 11,049 foot tall. The most famous place in Death Valley National park is the
Badwater, people like to go to see the sunrise go down. Many people have gone there just
to see the perfect sunset or sunrise, the place is beautiful! That is not the only place that
you can see the perfect sunrise there are also Dante’s View, Zabriskie Point, and the sand
dunes. Sunset locations also include Zabriskie Point and the sand dunes, but Artist's Palette
and Aguereberry Point are also very good. Lots of places in this National Park are great to
visit.
Have you ever wondered how hot is Death Valley National Park? or what the
weather is like in the Park? In Death Valley National Park the weather is very hot and dry,
this place is known for the driest and hottest even lowest place of all the parks.Death valley
is usually dry and clear throughout the year this is mostly the weather of it.This park is so
dry that it only rained .64 inches from the year 1931-1934! The hottest air/ temperature that
Death Valley has ever gone to was 134 Fahrenheit .Five days later it went down but only to
129 Fahrenheit. Death Valley held this record 1922,but the most interesting thing to know
about he weather months before it was 15 Fahrenheit . All the causes of the hot weather is
because of the depth of the Park, the more detph it is the more hot the park will become.
Death Valley is more famous for the hot weather it holds and the weather has yet not
changed to cold .
Did you ever think that there was any kind of wilderness in Death Valley National
Park? Well there are plenty in death valley. Did you know that The National Park Service is
developing a combined and wilderness and Backcountry stewardship plan for the park?
They are doing this for the future use and protection of the park’s vast wilderness and

3. backyard lands. May 15, 2011 This week of may wildflowers are in their hands. The bloom
has spread to the alluvial fans just above Ash Ford Junction along hwy 178, this is the
biggest the bloom has gone to in 2005. February 4, 2011 is when the bloom really start to
grow, but his not be the time that you want to com e visit because the flower has just started
to bloom, while the species are scattering patches. In death valley many rangers support a
lot of wildlife species, the park has a variety of amphibians and so much more. Death valley
isn't only famous for the weather but it is also famous for the beautiful wilderness and their
wildflowers. Death valley doesn't only have the most magnificent things to see but it has a
life there at the park.
As you have learned about Death Valley National Park you can understand how
Death valley National Park isn't only a desert with hot weather but there is more then that
and it has even more to learn and see. So if you are ever thinking that Death Valley is only a
desert, it isn't it’s more then that, lots of beautiful flower, the places that you can visit there
like Scotty’s Castle or other buildings similar to Scotty’s Castle. The hot weather that is so
warming, the wilderness that is there. As you read the Article you found out that this Park is

4. just like all the others many things to see and great place to see. You can even see the
sunrise from a place that Death Valley has. This is why Death Valley National Park is
National and is all like the others. Now that you also learn where the name came from, you
don't have to think that this park is for a graveyard or for the dead, it’s for you to come and
see what they have for you to see and for you to think that it’s just a place with sand and hot
air. Death Valley is also a place to enjoy life and to know what the place has to offer. Death
Valley is a beautiful place even if it does not sound like a beautiful place, it is. This place is a
place to be inspired by. so come to Death valley and enjoy the place.