Gas stations in Death Valley. All three of them.

Does Death Valley have gas stations?

Yes, three, and that is all of them:

• Furnace Creek: The Oasis at Death Valley. Two grades of gasoline and diesel.
• Stovepipe Wells: 87-octane gasoline only. No diesel.
• Panamint Springs: gasoline and diesel.

Running diesel? Your two choices inside are Furnace Creek and Panamint Springs.

1. Pahrump, Nevada: last big-town fuel stop. 30 miles to Death Valley Junction.
2. Death Valley Junction: no gas listed. 30 miles to Furnace Creek.
3. Furnace Creek: gas and diesel. About 25 miles to Stovepipe Wells.
4. Stovepipe Wells: 87 only. About 30 miles to Panamint Springs.
5. Panamint Springs: gas and diesel, on the west side.

The side roads in

• Beatty to Furnace Creek: 43 miles, over Daylight Pass on Nevada 374.
• Lathrop Wells, in Amargosa Valley, to Furnace Creek: about 54 miles, by Nevada 373 and Death Valley Junction.
• Shoshone to Furnace Creek: about 57 miles, by CA 127 and Death Valley Junction.

Furnace Creek to Panamint Springs is about 55 miles. Drive times are from a routing service, rounded.

The Furnace Creek station belongs to The Oasis at Death Valley and sits with The Ranch at Death Valley, alongside its restaurants and shops. It sells regular, high test and diesel.

The Ranch’s General Store carries groceries, produce, beer, wine, snacks and cold drinks, if the truck is not the only thing that is hungry.

Flying in? There is no fuel at the Furnace Creek airport, or at the rough strip at Stovepipe Wells.

The Stovepipe Wells station is across the highway, next to the General Store. It sells regular unleaded, 87 octane, and no diesel.

• Pumps: open 24 hours by credit card. Cash at the counter during store hours.
• General Store: 7 AM to 9 PM, with grab-and-go food, drinks, snacks and gear.
• Price: Stovepipe Wells says its gas is the cheapest in Death Valley.

There is an assistance button at the pumps for drivers who need help.

Panamint Springs Resort is privately owned, on CA 190 about 30 miles west of Stovepipe Wells. It has rooms, camping, a restaurant and a gas station with gasoline and diesel. There is an assistance button at the pumps, and the resort sells the $30 Death Valley vehicle pass.

From Las Vegas through Pahrump

Pahrump, the population center of Nye County, is the last big-town fuel stop on the shortest road from Las Vegas. The Maverik at 3010 S Nevada Hwy 160 is open 24 hours with regular, premium and diesel. Furnace Creek is about 60 miles on. Routes and turns are in our Las Vegas to Death Valley guide.

Death Valley Junction gas station

None is listed. Death Valley Junction is the Amargosa Opera House, a Timbisha-owned campground and a cannabis dispensary, and the regional visitor brochure shows no gas there. Fill up before you get to it.

Amargosa Valley, NV gas station

On US 95 at the Nevada 373 junction, the Area 51 Alien Center sells gas and food, 5 AM to 11 PM daily. From there, Nevada 373 runs south to Death Valley Junction. More in our Area 51 Alien Center section.

Beatty

Gas is at the Arco/Rebel and the Death Valley Nut & Candy stop. Furnace Creek is 43 miles away over Daylight Pass. See food and fuel in Beatty.

Shoshone, CA gas station

The Charles Brown General Store, Gift Shop & Gas Station sells gasoline, diesel and propane, open 7 AM to 8:30 PM daily. It also sells the $30 Death Valley vehicle pass. More on Shoshone in our Tecopa guide.

We do not post live pump prices. For budgeting, allow for the possibility of $10 a gallon in Death Valley; that is a planning allowance, not a live pump price.

Of the three, Stovepipe Wells says it is the cheapest. Fill the tank in Pahrump or Beatty and you buy less of it here.

The Park Service says there are no fast chargers inside Death Valley. The closest are in Beatty, 43 miles from Furnace Creek, and it says not to count on them during busy holidays in fall, winter and spring.

Furnace Creek

The Oasis has four Level 2 chargers at The Ranch and two at The Inn. A full charge takes about 12 hours, there are no Tesla-specific chargers, and the chargers can quit in heat over 115°F. In December 2023 the Park Service noted that the two at The Inn were not working and two of the four at The Ranch were, with adapters at the front desk.

Stovepipe Wells

Four Blink chargers with J1772 plugs stand next to the General Store. Stovepipe Wells said it would add DC fast charging starting in fall 2024.