Hike to the highest point in the contiguous 48 states — Mt. Whitney at 14,505 feet.

Walk on the lowest point in North America — the salt flats of Death Valley’s Badwater at 282 feet below sea level.

Visit the world’s oldest single living thing — the Methuselah Bristlecone Pine at 4,853 years.

Walk your way across the largest glacier in the Sierra — the Palisades at 14,000 feet.

Experience the place of the consistently hottest air temperature in the world — Furnace Creek in Death Valley — which also recorded the world record of 134 degrees.

* The 15-mile distance from Telescope Peak in Death Valley at 11,043 feet and Badwater at minus 282 feet is the largest escarpment or continuous steep slope in the United States.

Ten of California’s 12 peaks that exceed 14,000 feet are in Inyo County.

Owens Valley, the heart of Inyo County, is the deepest valley in the United States.

There are two mountain ranges exceeding 14,000 feet — the Sierra and White Mountains.