Blue Marble Bathtub Death Valley

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Blue marble bathtub death valley.

Marble bath copy link facebook twitter reddit flipboard pocket. Indeed there seems to be no marble or limestone outcrops anywhere near. Photo explanation to follow in a future post. See the blue marbles entry for more babble of the bath.

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. I m still awaiting a reply to whether the blue marble bath is still there. Overall marble canyon is doubtless one of death valley s greatest treasures. Edited by lighthawk 31 december 2017 05 23 pm.

And the story behind this tub goes something like this. We must have just missed you. 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. We strongly support both tread lightly and the blue ribbon coalition.

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. 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. The first 4 pictures are the real marble bath the second 3 are the installed marble bath in death valley california. Backcountry explorers atlas obscura user been here.

Blue marble bath death valley national park. 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. Blue marble bathtub in death valley.

Yes another death valley area mystery. Marble bath in death valley national park california. They installed the tub in the misidentified location marked as marble bath on the erroneous maps. Not sure if this is what you wanted from your original.

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. Tub is still there full of blue marbles and rubber duckies.