Death Valley National Park was established in 1933 as a national monument, and then 1994 as a national park. It is also designated as a dark sky park by the International Dark-Sky Association. It is the largest of the contiguous United States (that means the 48 states that are not Alaska and Hawaii), the hottest, driest, and lowest national parks. Badwater Basin is the second lowest point in the Western Hemisphere at 86 meters below sea level.
The highest recorded ambient surface temperature was recorded at Furnace Creek in 1913, where a temperature of 56.7 degrees Celsius was recorded. Average temperatures of 48.9 degrees Celsius are common in the summer.

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