--- title: Death Valley Camping Trip description: Photo gallery. From the Saline Hot Springs to Charlie Manson's hideout (with what looks like some sort of blood dripping ritual), Death Valley is a bizarre place. canonical_url: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/photography/204-death-valley-camping-trip language: en-GB date: 2025-08-15T02:00:20Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://articles.swhammond.com/content/photography/204-death-valley-camping-trip. markdown-tokens: 1832 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://articles.swhammond.com/content/photography/204-death-valley-camping-trip. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. # Death Valley Camping Trip From the Saline Hot Springs to Charlie Manson's hideout (with what looks like some sort of blood dripping ritual), Death Valley is a bizarre place. I did about 450 miles of dirt roads and 4x4 tracks, eventually cutting the trip short when the fuel pump went out. It was a true adventure, given I was about 40 miles to pavement and another 75 to cell phone service when the Jeep died. ## Published 30 April 2018 ## Refreshed 14 August 2025 ## Location Death Valley, CA ## [Author](https://articles.swhammond.com/component/contact/contact/2-the-hud?catid=4) The HUD [ ![Batman traffic light. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/84/DVC-8-84105d0f.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-8.jpg) [ ![Batman traffic light. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/70/DVC-10-70e51b85.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-10.jpg) [ ![Batman traffic light. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/d2/DVC-6-d2101d72.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-6.jpg) [ ![2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/26/DVC-15-263aecfe.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-15.jpg) [ ![Dog camping in Death Valley.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/4a/DVC-21-4a62880f.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-21.jpg) [ ![Endless evening view. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/a3/DVC-22-a365ce9d.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-22.jpg) [ ![Ridge view, endless horizon. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/e6/DVC-27-e66818db.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-27.jpg) [ ![Joshua Tree and dirt road. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/f8/DVC-32-f87c6450.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-32.jpg) [ ![Abandoned cabin. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/3e/DVC-36-3e335b84.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-36.jpg) [ ![Inside abandoned cabin. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/DVC-37-52770aa8.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-37.jpg) [ ![SWH, Death Valley.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/f0/DVC-40-f01e97df.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-40.jpg) [ ![Abandoned cabin. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/DVC-42-6ec77dbb.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-42.jpg) [ ![Grafitti, abandoned cabin. Death Valley.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/ce/DVC-44-ce74108c.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/DVC-44-ac8b36ee.jpg) [ ![Grafitti, abandoned cabin. Death Valley.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/85/DVC-45-85e4e63c.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-45.jpg) [ ![Abandoned cabin. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/91/DVC-46-91a24fff.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-46.jpg) [ ![Abandoned stone house. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/4a/DVC-48-4a12aa2b.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-48.jpg) [ ![Manson Family Compound. Barker Ranch. Charles Manson. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/DVC-60-86756dc6.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-60.jpg) [ ![Manson Family Compound. Barker Ranch. Charles Manson. Fireplace. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/DVC-61-4bcbf1d2.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-61.jpg) [ ![Manson Family Compound. Barker Ranch. Charles Manson. Blood sacrifice. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/f5/DVC-62-f5b7c99e.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-62.jpg) [ ![Manson Family Compound. Barker Ranch. Charles Manson. Dining room table. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/94/DVC-64-94985fde.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-64.jpg) [ ![Manson Family Compound. Barker Ranch. Charles Manson. Archway. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/f9/DVC-65-f9062211.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-65.jpg) [ ![Manson Family Compound. Barker Ranch. Charles Manson. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/53/DVC-66-53db2311.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-66.jpg) [ ![Manson Family Compound. Barker Ranch. Charles Manson. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/DVC-70-be964157.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-70.jpg) [ ![Manson Family Compound. Barker Ranch. Charles Manson. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/DVC-72-d4e47aa0.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-72.jpg) [ ![Manson Family Compound. Barker Ranch. Charles Manson. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/DVC-73-db391cb5.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-73.jpg) [ ![Wild donkeys. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/DVC-75-5a52a12d.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-75.jpg) [ ![Wild donkeys. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/da/DVC-78-dad0f1e7.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-78.jpg) [ ![Wild donkeys. Death Valley, CA.](https://articles.swhammond.com/media/yootheme/cache/05/DVC-80-0547e34b.jpg) ](https://articles.swhammond.com/images/creative/photography/death_valley_camping/DVC-80.jpg)