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Death Valley 2-Day Loop from Las Vegas: Sunrise, Salt Flats, Dunes and a Ghost Town

2 daysUpdated November 7, 2026

Day one enters through Pahrump for Zabriskie Point, Badwater Basin and Artists Drive; day two visits the dunes and returns through Beatty and the Rhyolite ghost town. The park has only 3 gas stations and no fast chargers, so every fuel stop is marked.

About 342 miles (551 km) and 8 hours of driving in total
Before you goDeath Valley isn't on the $100 surcharge list: $30 per car for 7 days, cards only. Most of the park has no cell signal, so download offline maps first.
Day 1

Las Vegas → Pahrump → Zabriskie Point → Badwater Basin → Furnace Creek

151 mi (243 km) · about 3 h 20 min

Leave before dawn and fill up in Pahrump. Sunrise at Zabriskie Point, Badwater Basin (the lowest point in North America) in the morning, then the one-way Artists Drive on the way back (no vehicles over 25 feet). Stay at Furnace Creek.

  • 59 gas stations within 1 mile
  • Longest stretch without gas: about 92 miles
  • 8 DC fast charging stations
Day 2

Furnace Creek → Stovepipe Wells dunes → Beatty → Rhyolite → Las Vegas

191 mi (307 km) · about 4 h 38 min

Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes early, then over Daylight Pass to Beatty, Nevada, with a stop at the Rhyolite ghost town, and back to Las Vegas on US-95. The Stovepipe Wells station sells only 87-octane gas, no diesel.

  • 120 gas stations within 1 mile
  • Longest stretch without gas: about 42 miles
  • 18 DC fast charging stations

Guides for this route

California · Death Valley

Death Valley Road Trip 2026: 7 Mistakes to Avoid (Fees, GPS, Gas & Breakdowns)

Fuel

How to Buy Gas in the US with a Foreign Card: ZIP Code Problem, 87 vs 91, Price per Liter (2026)

Data sources

Route: computed by OSRM from OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Gas stations: Overture Maps Foundation (CDLA-Permissive-2.0/CC0). Fast chargers: U.S. DOE AFDC (CC0). Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles. Drive times assume normal traffic and exclude stops, queues and roadwork.

General information only. Rules change; check official notices before you go.