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The Eureka Dunes lie in the remote Eureka Valley, an enclosed basin at 3000 foot elevation located northwest of Death Valley. The dunes cover an area only 3 miles long and 1 mile wide, yet they are the tallest sand dunes in California, possibly the tallest in all of North America. They rise suddenly more than 680 feet above the dry lakebed at their western base. As tall as these dunes are, they are dwarfed by the impressive limestone wall of the Last Chance Mountains which rises another 4000 feet above the valley floor. SOURCE: National Park Service
A very easy to get to location in Death Valley National Park is the Mesquite Sand Dunes. Here you can walk for miles along the dunes looking for wildlife trails early in the morning and capture great scenes in the evening.
The wonderful Eureka Dunes in Death Valley demonstrates that life can exist anywhere. Getting here takes a while, but the experience once there is amazing.
