Which desert is home to Death Valley National Park?

The desert that is home to Death Valley National Park is the Mojave Desert.

Death Valley occupies the northernmost part of the Mojave, near the California–Nevada border and east of the Sierra Nevada. The park is also a transition zone with ecological influences from the Great Basin Desert, which can make maps and descriptions seem inconsistent. Its landscape includes salt flats, dunes, badlands, canyons, and mountain ranges.

Death Valley’s extreme reputation comes from its enclosed basin and rain-shadow setting. Badwater Basin reaches about 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point in North America, while Furnace Creek recorded 134°F on July 10, 1913. The area became a national monument in 1933 and a national park in 1994. The Colorado, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts are separate desert regions, not the park’s principal setting.