Furnace Creek is extremely popular. You can buy a sandwich at the store, eat in the casual restaurant or drive up to the Furnace Creek Inn, the park's famous historic hotel. A mule team wagon from the park's 19th-century borax mining days is parked in front of Furnace Creek Ranch - Twenty Mule Team Borax got its name here.
Furnace Creek Ranch
By Nancy Parode, About.com Guide
Furnace Creek is about halfway between Stovepipe Wells and Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the western hemisphere.
Photo © Alex Parode
©2010 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.
All rights reserved.