Death Valley Junction is a small community in the Mojave Desert in California. It is home to the Amargosa Opera House, where Marta Becket has put on a dance and mime show for decades. Death Valley Junction is at the intersection of Highways 190 and 127, just east of Death Valley National Park. It is located in Inyo County, and has a ZIP Code of 92328.
The town has a hotel with rooms available, but the outside of the hotel is currently in a state of disrepair. There are no restaurants and no gas stations in Death Valley Junction. In 1914 the Death Valley Railroad started operating between Ryan and Death Valley Junction. It carried Borax until 1928, when operations ceased. In the early 1920s, The Pacific Coast Borax Company constructed buildings in the town. Marta and former partner Tom Willett lived in separate residences built by the Borax company.
Amargosa Opera House
Nearby is Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
& Death Valley National Park