Death Valley Junction Travel Guide

Death Valley Junction is a tiny Mojave Desert community in unincorporated Inyo County, California, at the intersection of CA-190 and CA-127, just east of Death Valley National Park. The zip code is 92328, the elevation is., and the population less than 20. The community is located at NAD27 coordinates The U.S. Geological Survey lists a historic variant name of Amargosa for the community which is shown as the primary name on an official State of Nevada map from 1971. Its existence and name are official with a USGS feature ID of 1656477. The default format for wired phone numbers in this community is (760) 852-xxxx.
Death Valley Junction is home to the Amargosa Opera House and Hotel, where resident Marta Becket has put on a dance and mime show since the late 1960s.
The hotel is operating and the shows continue at the opera house, but beyond these maintained areas the town is in a state of disrepair. There are no restaurants and no gas stations. The opera house also runs the small Amargosa Airport that is located west of the town.
The community's location on the east side of Death Valley is south of Nevada's Amargosa Valley and near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. South on SR127 is the town of Shoshone, California. The closest straight-line distance to the Nevada state line is roughly five miles northeast.
Government documents show an effort by the Timbisha Shoshone tribal government to acquire about in the area during 1999 to 2000. This includes areas for residences and the official federal sanction to use some government lands for traditional ceremonies. It's unclear if these efforts, which were documented in the Congressional Record, succeeded. (...) more....

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