National Parks Traveler Episode 87: High Heat At Death Valley National Park

By - October 11th, 2020 7:00am
This summer was the hottest on record at Death Valley National Park.

In this week’s show, we look at one of the hottest places on Earth, Death Valley National Park in southeastern California and western Nevada. And this summer was especially hot. The park broke records in a number of categories as it experienced some of the hottest days ever recorded on Earth.  

August was particularly brutal, with record temperatures reached 12 times for both the daily high and the daily low.  To take a closer look at these numbers and why they don’t seem to be a deterrent to visitors, Traveler’s Lynn Riddick spoke with Death Valley Superintendent Mike Reynolds.

:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode introduction with Kurt Repanshek
1:48 Red Clay - Grant Geissman - The Sounds of the Grand Canyon
2:08 Grand Teton National Park Foundation promotion
2:40 Friends of Acadia promotion
3:10 Death Valley Nights - Blue Oyster Cult
3:30 Death Valley National Park Superintendent Mike Reynolds discusses the park's high heat with Lynn Riddick
19:23 Torch - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Everglades
19:35 National Parks Traveler promotion
19:47 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation promotion
20:11 Washington’s National Park Fund promotion
20:45 North Cascades Institute promotion
21:07 Death Valley heat with Mike Reynolds and Lynn Riddick continues
47:52 Torch - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Everglades
47:54 Episode Closing
48:19 Orange Tree Productions promotion
48:55 Splitbeard Productions
49:07 National Parks Traveler footer

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