How often do wildflowers appear in Death Valley?
You will find the beauty of wildflowers within Death Valley National Park every year. The question is how plentiful they will be. As is the case with the sometimes seasonal lake around Badwater, it depends on how much rain occurs that year. After heavy rain years, such as that experienced so notably in 2004, the valleys and mountains will be painted with delightful wildflowers as far as the eye can see, in a range of colors. What draws the most tourists is when the areas around the salt flats of Death Valley proper get a significant crop of these flowers. For many folks, it seems incongruous to see millions of flowers in a land they have traditionally perceived as barren, so it always makes headlines when it looks like the photo on the photos page. Even in drier years though, there are still wildflowers each spring. I have seen gorgeous displays of them on the Wildrose Canyon road, and they can be seen also in the Panamint, Saline, Greenwater, and Racetrack Valleys. Come any spring to
