![]() ![]() We were hot and sweaty and tired, but we had a mission before turning back: Taste salt from the Badwater Salt Flats. It was pretty incredible to stand at the bottom of Badwater Basin, in the salt flat, surrounded by the Panamint and Amargosa Mountains. I can’t even imagine it in the summer when the floor of the salt flats reach almost 200 degrees! Much hotter than it was in Devil’s Golf Course or even in the Badwater parking area. The main salt path stretches a mile out into the salt flats, and while walking a mile doesn’t seem like a big deal, it is on the salt flats! It was hot. It’s a fantastic photo spot with the bright, white salt flats in the background.Īfter snapping a couple family photos, we followed the wooden boardwalk onto a wide, flat path of salt that has been worn smooth. There is also an elevation sign, marking the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. Stairs and an ADA accessible ramp lead from the parking lot to a wooden platform overlooking Badwater Pool, a small sodium chloride pond and interpretive displays. The hike into the Badwater Salt Flats of Badwater Basin isn’t really a hike at all, but an easy, flat, out-and-back walk, which makes it one of the most popular and easily accessible sites within Death Valley National Park. ![]() We had seen large salt patches on the ground while exploring the floor of Death Valley and walking the Salt Creek Trail, but that was nothing compared to the Badwater Salt Flats!Īfter hiking through Golden Canyon and visiting Devil’s Golf Course, we visited the massive, white salt flat before heading to Natural Bridge Canyon and Artists Palette. It is one of the largest protected salt pans in the country and one of the most popular attractions in the national park. Death Valley is the hottest, driest, lowest place in North America, and at an elevation of 282 feet below sea level, Badwater Basin covers more than 200 square miles of the Death Valley floor. ![]()
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