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The extreme heat that has been plaguing much of the U.S. is making that the annual summer trek to the country's national parks more dangerous. National parks aficionados are making their annual summer pilgrimage to their favorite gateway to the great outdoors, but the extreme heat that has been plaguing much of the U.S. is making that trek more dangerous. Despite the unrelenting heat that has been breaking records all over the country -- especially the West -- people are still flocking to national parks, Cynthia Hernandez, public affairs specialist for the National Park Service, told ABC News. "People are still excited about coming out to national parks in whatever condition there exists out there, even in high heat conditions," Hernandez said. But that enthusiasm is proving to be dangerous, even deadly in some cases. MORE: Heat waves currently happening in North America, Europe 'virtually impossible' without climate change: Report Death toll from heat illne...

National Park Service officials said they found a man dead inside a car after temperatures reached over 100 degrees. Extreme heat is what National Park Service officials assume led to the death of a man inside his car that was in the middle of Death Valley National Park as temperatures soared to over 100 degrees. A maintenance worker found the unidentified 65-year-old man from San Diego on July 3 around 10 a.m., inside his sedan about 30 yards off road from North Highway, park officials said. First responders and a medical coroner declared the man dead at the scene. A view of Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes during sunset at Death Valley National Park, April 23, 2023, in Calif. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images "The initial investigation suggests that heat-related illness may have caused the driver to run off road," the NPS said in a statement. MORE: Heat stroke vs. heat exhaustion: Extreme heat safety tips Investigators said it appeared that the car's tracks ran ...