Racetrack Valley Road

Eastern Mojave Vegetation	Racetrack Valley Road, Inyon County, California
	Tom Schweich

This article describes Racetrack Valley Road from its junction with North Highway near Scotty's Castle to The Racetrack (a dry lake) in Death Valley National Park.

Other articles:
• North Highway: at Racetrack Valley Road;

Junction: North Highway, north to Scotty's Castle, and south into Death Valley.

Other articles:
• Death Valley Road: Junction:;

Junction: Death Valley Road, take Death Valley Road north to the Last Chance Range, then west to the Eureka Valley, and the Inyo Mountains.

Other articles:
• Field Notes: 23-Apr-08;
Northern part of Death Valley from Ubehebe Crater

View north from parking lot at Ubehebe Crater. This is the northern part of Death Valley.

Literature Cited:
- Valentine, Greg A., Judy Fierstein, and James D. L. White, 2021.

Other articles:
• Cemetery Road (FR 02N40): above Mill Creek;

Locations: Ubehebe Crater.

Ubehebe Crater

Soft sediment deformation is always interesting and can yield impressive shapes when exposed in cuts or cliffs. Generally it is thought that soft sediment deformation occurs when the sediments are in a wet and cohesive state. However, Valentine, et al. (2021) show that there is no evidence of wet deposition in soft sediment structures at Ubehebe Crater. Instead they show that a massive bed can creep downhill in a dry state carrying and crumpling the overlying beds. This is probably quite a bit different than the crumpled beds of mud along Cemetery Road at Mono Lake.

Ubehebe Crater

Ferocactus polycephalus along Racetrack Valley Road.

Opuntia along Racetrack Valley Road.

Literature Cited:
- DeDecker, Mary, 1984.

Other articles:
• Frasera albomarginata: in Death Valley region;

Locations: Dry Mountain.

Dry Mountain to the west of the road.

Frasera albomarginata has been observed, but not collected on Dry Mountain.

Locations: Tin Mountain.

Tim Mountain to the east of the road.

Locations: Teakettle Junction.
The sign and teakettle at Teakettle Junction.

Teakettle Junction

Ubehebe Lead Mine

Locations: Racetrack.
The Racetrack as seen from a distance.

The Racetrack and the Grandstand.

The Racetrack

Locations: Racetrack.
Rock on The Racetrack
Rock on The Racetrack.

Rock on The Racetrack

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Date and time this article was prepared: 11/3/2024 5:22:53 PM