Visitors normally flock to Death Valley National Park to feel the searing heat and take in the barren landscape. This fall, they’ve been drawn by a different natural feature: water.

Death Valley, one of the hottest, driest, places on the planet has a visitor, it’s a lake. Unofficially, it has been labeled Manly Lake, and it is something that rarely occurs at the lowest ...

A lake has formed in the typically-dry Badwater Basin at Death Valley National Park in California — and it's lasting a surprisingly long time.

Why can’t you boat at the Death Valley Lake anymore? "Lake Manly" has now become “too shallow and too far from the road” to transport and launch watercraft without damaging the landscape ...

A previously dry area in Death Valley National Park is now home to a lake, following heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hilary. NPS. With a heat wave descending on the region this weekend, the ...

Visitors view the temporary lake at the Badwater Basin salt flats in Death Valley on October 23, 2023, following flooding last August from Tropical Storm Hilary.

Death Valley’s temporary lake is so deep, you can kayak on it — and some have. See it By Brooke Baitinger. February 20, 2024 4:57 AM.

Water depths in Death Valley’s temporary lake ranged between about 3 feet (or 1 meter, shown in dark blue) to less than 1.5 feet (0.5 meters, light yellow) from February through early March.

Images captured at Death Valley show the surrounding peaks reflected in the temporary lake. Badwater Basin was flooded by Hurricane Hilary in August 2023 and recent rains in California.

Death Valley’s temporary lake, fed by one powerful summer storm, is down to inches as it dwindles in the park’s Badwater Basin.But as it evaporates, other parts of the national park are reopening.

A temporary lake in Death Valley National Park doubled after recent rains and is now deep enough to launch a kayak. Prior to August, the lake hadn't appeared in 19 years.

Amid torrential downpours, Death Valley National Park's valley floor has received a record 4.9 inches in the past six months, far surpassing the average annual rainfall of about 2 inches per year ...