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Dante's View

Filmed as Mos Eisley overlook

📍 Dante's View Road, Death Valley National Park, California, Death Valley, United States

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Dante's View
Photo: Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Scene breakdown

  1. Mos Eisley overlook

    Star Wars: A New Hope 1977

    Ben and Luke look down on Mos Eisley.

    Luke Skywalker Obi-Wan Kenobi

Real-world history

Viewpoint above Badwater Basin used for Ben and Luke's look down at Mos Eisley (the town was added in). Artist's Palette nearby is R2-D2's canyon, and the Stovepipe Wells dunes were also used.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: National Park pass.

Parking & accessibility: Summit lot. Long vehicles cannot drive the last stretch.

Best time to visit: November–March. Summer heat in the valley is dangerous.

What else to see here

  • Artist's Palette

    R2-D2's canyon.

    Viewpoint

    1 hr drive

  • Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes

    Dunes

    1.5 hr drive