Blue Marble Bathtub Death Valley

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Blue marble bathtub death valley.

We strongly support both tread lightly and the blue ribbon coalition. Click here and here to learn more about the story of the marble bath. Oh by the way we don t claim to be experts in anything other than having a fun time exploring. See the blue marbles entry for more babble of the bath.

Tub is still there full of blue marbles and rubber duckies. Backcountry explorers atlas obscura user been here. But if you look into the shallow canyon leading east immediately after dropping down from the pass toward saline valley you will find an actual cast iron bathtub filled with blue marbles. Marble bath copy link facebook twitter reddit flipboard pocket.

Marble bath in death valley national park california. Overall marble canyon is doubtless one of death valley s greatest treasures. And the story behind this tub goes something like this. Edited by lighthawk 31 december 2017 05 23 pm.

Started by herr42 nov 11 2007 06 45 pm. Before the area became part of death valley national park to validate the incorrectly marked maps in a good natured way a desert explorer named wendel moyer recruited a few friends and rounded up an old bathtub and a load of blue marbles. We must have just missed you. Blue marble bath death valley national park.

Yes another death valley area mystery. I m still awaiting a reply to whether the blue marble bath is still there. A cast iron bath tub buried in a wash and filled with blue marbles. As you go over steel pass road in death valley national park between the eureka sand dunes and upper warm springs there is an interesting oddity to be found if you know where to look.

Popular lore has it that a professor in years past brought an actual bathtub up here and filled it with blue marbles to give the place a reason for having the name. Photo explanation to follow in a future post. In the meantime i have a link for you with pics gps waypoints and a trail description if you re attempting to find it s location. We spent wednesday night just below the marble bathtub during the haboob.

Indeed there seems to be no marble or limestone outcrops anywhere near. Blue marble bathtub in death valley. Trail conditions weather and land ownership change constantly and as always everyone must take responsibility for themselves both for safety and complying with the laws of the.