Furnace Creek Campground
Full SunDeath Valley National Park · California, USA · 60 m below sea level · Check-in 1:00 PM · Check-out 12:00 PM
Death Valley's hub campground near the visitor center; a winter and shoulder-season destination.
Shade reality: Below sea level with only a handful of mesquite and palm trees — sun management is everything here.
Individual sites · 129 mapped
Site positions come from OpenStreetMap; this campground publishes no per-site shade ratings — use the sun rays and terrain shadows instead. Click any dot on the map for site details; zoom in to see site numbers.
Shadiest sites on 2026-08-02 (least direct sun)
Precomputed estimate for the 15th of this month — all 129 sites, terrain + tree canopy (ETH 10 m, 2020) included.
Find a site
Official campground map136 sites
Cross-check site numbers against the park's own map before you book.
Sites ~10–150 plus group sites 1–5. Full-hookup pull-throughs 67–69 and 72–77; full-hookup back-ins 39–53 (odd) — the only hookups in any NPS Death Valley campground. Tent-only drive-in 100–114; walk-in tent sites 115–150 (generator-free).
Source: official park map · open PDF in a new tab ↗. Compare the loop layout with the satellite view above — north on the official map may not point up.