We spent wednesday night just below the marble bathtub during the haboob.
Blue marble bathtub death valley.
Marble bath in death valley national park california.
Click here and here to learn more about the story of the marble bath.
They installed the tub in the misidentified location marked as marble bath on the erroneous maps.
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.
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Not sure if this is what you wanted from your original.
Started by herr42 nov 11 2007 06 45 pm.
We strongly support both tread lightly and the blue ribbon coalition.
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.
See the blue marbles entry for more babble of the bath.
Yes another death valley area mystery.
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.
Oh by the way we don t claim to be experts in anything other than having a fun time exploring.
Edited by lighthawk 31 december 2017 05 23 pm.
Photo explanation to follow in a future post.
The first 4 pictures are the real marble bath the second 3 are the installed marble bath in death valley california.
A cast iron bath tub buried in a wash and filled with blue marbles.
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.
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.
We must have just missed you.
I m still awaiting a reply to whether the blue marble bath is still there.
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.
And the story behind this tub goes something like this.
Blue marble bathtub in death valley.
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.
Tub is still there full of blue marbles and rubber duckies.
Overall marble canyon is doubtless one of death valley s greatest treasures.
