94: Death Valley National Park Fun Facts: 5 Things You Didn't Know

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Let’s head out to Death Valley for some fascinating fun facts! This national park protects an extreme landscape that will surprise you at every turn. From the sand dunes to the extremely hot and dry climate, visiting Death Valley will transport you into the bizarre and beautiful. What you see may seem like it’s straight out of a movie, but Scout's honor, all of the fun facts we are sharing today about this national park are true! In this episode, we discuss: What makes this park the hottest place on earth The shocking amount of precipitation that this park gets each year Why this is the lowest place in North America The mind-bending phenomenon that happens in this park How Death Valley became the first and only national park to return lands to the Native Americans Death Valley is truly unlike any other park, and we hope you get a chance to get out there and experience it for yourself. Don’t forget your task for this week! Head over to the Dirt in My Shoes Facebook or Instagram page and let us know which of the Death Valley extremes you’re most excited to experience. For a full summary of this episode, links to things we mentioned, and free resources/deals to get your trip planning started, check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	The mountains surrounding Death Valley are being raised up, and Death Valley itself is being
0:06.5	dropped low, because the land is literally being pulled apart and huge sections are rolling
0:15.2	clockwise to the east.
0:18.7	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:24.0	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:28.3	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make National
0:32.7	Park Trip Planning easy.
0:34.6	And I'm John.
0:35.6	I carry the kids on the trails.
0:37.4	I tell stories and notice all the
0:38.8	things that Ash doesn't care about much, like flowers. Join us as we show you around America's
0:45.3	spectacular national parks. We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and
0:50.6	misadventures. And we'll even throw in a little trip planning. Let's start exploring.
0:55.2	I would like to congratulate Ash. We're...
1:08.0	Yeah.
1:10.2	I'm sure it's deserved we're whatever we a little bit like two-thirds of the way
1:16.4	through october and she has not yet watched any hallmark movies i am trying to hold out this
1:23.3	year usually around i'm going to say it like usually around mid-October, I start, you know, itching.
1:30.8	I do. You start itching to watch. But I've always been the type of person who like really believes
1:36.7	that we should celebrate Thanksgiving and then Christmas. Except when it comes to Hallmark movies.
1:43.3	The Hallmark Christmas movies don't count.
1:45.6	I can start those whenever.
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