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.
Blue marble bathtub death valley.
We must have just missed you.
Overall marble canyon is doubtless one of death valley s greatest treasures.
Photo explanation to follow in a future post.
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.
They installed the tub in the misidentified location marked as marble bath on the erroneous maps.
Oh by the way we don t claim to be experts in anything other than having a fun time exploring.
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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.
Edited by lighthawk 31 december 2017 05 23 pm.
Blue marble bathtub in death valley.
Backcountry explorers atlas obscura user been here.
Yes another death valley area mystery.
Click here and here to learn more about the story of the marble bath.
We spent wednesday night just below the marble bathtub during the haboob.
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.
A cast iron bath tub buried in a wash and filled with blue marbles.
I m still awaiting a reply to whether the blue marble bath is still there.
Marble bath in death valley national park california.
We strongly support both tread lightly and the blue ribbon coalition.
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.
The first 4 pictures are the real marble bath the second 3 are the installed marble bath in death valley california.
I have always felt that the sites the park service advertises are fitting of what generally lies in the stark mountains and yet that the very best is out there unadvertised discoered only by those willing to find a side of nature that is not developed or mapped but in the case of marble canyon this fine example.
Tub is still there full of blue marbles and rubber duckies.
Started by herr42 nov 11 2007 06 45 pm.
Not sure if this is what you wanted from your original.
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.
And the story behind this tub goes something like this.
