Visitors normally flock to Death Valley National Park to feel the searing heat and take in the barren landscape. This fall, they’ve been drawn by a different natural feature: water.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Romina Rasmussen, owner of Les Madeleines, the 19-year-old French pastry cafe in downtown Salt Lake City speaks with a customer on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.

Sugar Lake bass fight with the vigor of a gorilla and the tenacity of pit bull. Latch on to a thick-shouldered 4-pounder, and you'll swear it's a 10.

Heavy rain from last August's tropical storm Hilary contributes to the formation of a lake not seen in years at Bad Water Basin, Dec. 15, 2023, near Furnace Creek, Calif., Death Valley National Park.

Death Valley averages about 2 inches of rain per year, but this year, the valley floor received 4.9 inches of rain in the past six months alone, according to park officials.

A huge, salty lake is currently sitting in Badwater Basin in the middle of California's Death Valley National Park. The lake is currently two miles wide and four miles long, though it's only a few ...

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — If it weren’t for all the floating, the paddling, the sloshing around, the lake smack in the middle of this desert might be mistaken for a mirage.

“It’s peculiar the lake is there at all and then for it to just decide to up and move two miles,” Ms. Wines said. Lake Manly formed most recently with rain from Tropical Storm Hilary in August.