Aguereberry Point (Death Valley National Park)

Aguereberry Point is located high above the Death Valley floor in the Panamint Mountain range. The easiest way to get here from the Death Valley floor is to take Highway 190 West, take the Wildrose Road Turn off and follow Wildrose for close to 12 miles. Then turn on Aguereberry Point, you will pass Aguerberry Camp, and Harrisburg.  Follow this dirt road for roughly 6 miles. It can be a little rough at times but any experienced dirt road driver could handle it in any vehicle.

Aguereberry Point sits at an elevation of 6,433 feet above sea level, while this is not the highest point in the park, I do believe that it has the most amazing view. The original name was “Grand View”, and later changed to Aguereberry Point a short time after Death Valley became a National Monument in 1933 by The Automobile Club of Southern California. The name was changed to honor Pete Aguereberry, the miner that worked many years in nearby Harrisburg. Later in Pete’s life he enjoyed taking people to this point and showing them the glorious view of Death Valley.

I can’t stress enough that Aguereberry Point is a must see location! There is no other vantage point that I’ve been to in Death Valley with this sort of breath taking view. The location is very secluded, and not many people venture out to it because it’s not considered one of the main attractions of the park. From here you can see Mount Charleston (11,900-foot high, 80 miles to the east in Nevada), the green oasis of Furnace Creek, and the  salt flats of Badwater Basin.