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=Death Valley National Park=

Location: Eastern, California

Region of the US: South Eastern California.

Area: 3,373,042 acres

General Climate:
 * Summer:120
 * Overnight lows: 90

Average Rainfall: Less than 2 inches

Visitors: Nearly a million per year.

Most popular sites:
 * Sunrise and sunset at Zabriskie Point.
 * Death Valley virtual museum
 * Scotty's castle

History:
 * 1933: President Herbert Hoover proclaimed a national monument in and around Death.
 * Death Valley Civilian Conservation Corps. installed roads, buildings, telephone and water lines, airplane landing field, campgrounds, etc. Temperary close of the lands to prospecting and mining.
 * It was soon reopened to mining by Congressional action in June of the same year.
 * 1976: Congress passed the Mining In The Parks Act. This closed Death Valley National Monument.
 * 1980: Mining allowed with stricter environmental standards.
 * 1984: Death Valley National Monument was designated a biosphere reserve.
 * 1994: Death Valley became a National Park by the pass of the Desert Protection Act

Death Valley is a historical site.