As uninviting as it sounds, Death Valley National Park beckons. This weekend, the temperatures could climb past 130 F, but that likely won't deter some willing to brave the heat.
ABC7 News meteorologist Drew Tuma has the latest on the triple-digit temps making their way back into the Bay Area this weekend.As uninviting as it sounds, Death Valley National Park beckons.
Most visitors at this time of year make it only a short distance to any site in the park - which bills itself as the lowest, hottest and driest place on Earth - before returning to the sanctuary of an air-conditioned vehicle. In west Texas, Big Bend National Park near the Rio Grande is expected to be at least 110 F. The National Weather Service has said it's best to just stay off the trails in the afternoon.
More than 1.1 million people annually visit the desert park, which sits over a portion of the California-Nevada border west of Las Vegas. At 5,346 square miles, it's the largest national park in the Lower 48. About one-fifth of the visitors come in June, July and August.
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