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Furnace Creek Campground

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Death 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.

Season: Open year-round. Reservable Oct 15 – Apr 15; in summer it shrinks to 41 first-come sites. Official page ↗

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Individual sites · 129 mapped

Electric: 17Walk-in: 33

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 2026-11-01 (least direct sun)

108 · Loop DRIVE-IN6.8 h sun
110 · Loop DRIVE-IN7.0 h sun
111 · Loop DRIVE-IN7.0 h sun
109 · Loop DRIVE-IN7.2 h sun
107 · Loop DRIVE-IN7.5 h sun
112 · Loop DRIVE-IN7.5 h sun
127 · Loop TENT WALK-IN8.2 h sun
128 · Loop TENT WALK-IN8.2 h sun

Precomputed estimate for the 15th of this month — all 129 sites, terrain + tree canopy (ETH 10 m, 2020) included.

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129 sites
Check availability & book ↗Found your site? Reservations happen on Recreation.gov — ShadeDial is an independent planning tool.Check-in 1:00 PM · Check-out 12:00 PMWhen to book: Recreation.gov 6-month rolling window — each arrival date opens exactly 6 months ahead (morning release). Popular sites go in minutes.

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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).

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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.

›Every site, one page each (129)sun by month, rig size, hookups

Hours are direct sun in mid-July.

Camped at Furnace Creek? If the sun and shade didn’t match what we said, tell me the site number and I’ll look at it — that feedback is the only way this gets more accurate.
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