Death Valley day trip from Vegas

**smithlane** · 29 Oct 18, 10:27 PM

Going to Vegas for a week in Feb. We have one night in the Grand Canyon National Park and now thinking about visiting Death Valley for the day. Is this doable? If so what would be the best route? We have a car for the whole week

Sew109 · 29 Oct 18, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by smithlane

Going to Vegas for a week in Feb. We have one night in the Grand Canyon National Park and now thinking about visiting Death Valley for the day. Is this doable? If so what would be the best route? We have a car for the whole week

I can�t remember as we have gone through DV enroute to SFO or Yosemite but in my opinion Valley of Fire is much better and nearer and I can�t remember the timing to Bryce Canyon or Zion again excellent.

Grump$ · 29 Oct 18, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by smithlane

Going to Vegas for a week in Feb. We have one night in the Grand Canyon National Park and now thinking about visiting Death Valley for the day. Is this doable? If so what would be the best route? We have a car for the whole week

We took the US-95N then the CA-190W but we didn't do it as a day trip we stayed in Pahrump for 2 nights. In February there will be about 10 hours of daylight, it will take 5 hours to drive there and back so realistically you're going to have 6 or 7 hours max in the park if you set off early and leave late.

Death Valley NP is huge it actually has the highest and lowest points in mainland USA in the same park, you can see a lot in 6 or 7 hours but you will only scratch the surface and it will be a really long day.

BigSkip · 30 Oct 18, 02:25 PM

you can do a day trip to see the highlights of Death Valley. We left early, Breakfast at Moms diner in Pahrump, onto Death Valley Junction, took the 190, then up to Dantes View, down to Zabriskie point, Devils golf course, Furnace Creek, on to Rhyolite via the Daylight Pass Road, then back via the 95.

Quite a long day, but fantastic.

I recommend going in Febuary, August was a touch hot :-) We saw 51 deg C ...

Days will be shorter in Feb, but should still be able to do most in a day.

Enjoy.

**smithlane** · 30 Oct 18, 05:47 PM

Thank you all, certainly gives me food for thought. It�s a place I�ve always wanted to visit so will hopefully squeeze in a day trip

justacey · 30 Oct 18, 05:55 PM

We did a day trip there and back from Vegas when we were there. I think we were in March and my husband was throwing snow balls at me at the top and we were in t-shirts and shorts at the bottom.
My best memory of it was we'd gone to Outback the night before and I was chewing on a cold yummy leftover steak on the drive there

400ixl · 30 Oct 18, 06:07 PM

It is certainly possible to do some of the main features in a day, you won't get to see it all though. However it will still be a very good day.

I saw the Valley of Fire mentioned, that can be done in half a day from Vegas, but is not a patch on Death Valley itself. Its like comparing the West rim to the South rim in the Grand Canyon.

One of our highlights unfortunately is right on the other side of death valley. The near deserted town of Darwin was fantastic if you are into photography.

**Orlandobelle** · 30 Oct 18, 06:48 PM

We'v e only ever done overnight trips from Vegas - tbere are some distances involved.
Stayed once in Beatty and once in Stovepipe Wells
Guess you need to narrow down what you want to see to decide.
We loved Rhyolite and badwater basin

justacey · 30 Oct 18, 08:26 PM

Looking at the times of my photos, the first one was taken at 9am, the last 4:45.
We did quite a few stops around the centre.

**LOU LOU DISNEY** · 8 Nov 18, 11:15 AM

We�re doing a day trip with viator in April. 12hour day so we�ll just get the highlights done. Can�t wait!

30 Oct 18, 05:55 PM	#6
	30 Oct 18, 05:55 PM justacey Apprentice Imagineer
justacey Apprentice Imagineer Join Date: Apr 09	We did a day trip there and back from Vegas when we were there. I think we were in March and my husband was throwing snow balls at me at the top and we were in t-shirts and shorts at the bottom. My best memory of it was we'd gone to Outback the night before and I was chewing on a cold yummy leftover steak on the drive there

30 Oct 18, 06:07 PM	#7
	30 Oct 18, 06:07 PM 400ixl Imagineer
400ixl Imagineer Join Date: Mar 12	It is certainly possible to do some of the main features in a day, you won't get to see it all though. However it will still be a very good day. I saw the Valley of Fire mentioned, that can be done in half a day from Vegas, but is not a patch on Death Valley itself. Its like comparing the West rim to the South rim in the Grand Canyon. One of our highlights unfortunately is right on the other side of death valley. The near deserted town of Darwin was fantastic if you are into photography.

30 Oct 18, 08:26 PM	#9
	30 Oct 18, 08:26 PM justacey Apprentice Imagineer
justacey Apprentice Imagineer Join Date: Apr 09	Looking at the times of my photos, the first one was taken at 9am, the last 4:45. We did quite a few stops around the centre.