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.
Blue marble bathtub death valley.
Marble bath in death valley national park california.
We must have just missed you.
We spent wednesday night just below the marble bathtub during the haboob.
And the story behind this tub goes something like this.
They installed the tub in the misidentified location marked as marble bath on the erroneous maps.
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.
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.
Oh by the way we don t claim to be experts in anything other than having a fun time exploring.
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Not sure if this is what you wanted from your original.
Yes another death valley area mystery.
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.
I m still awaiting a reply to whether the blue marble bath is still there.
Photo explanation to follow in a future post.
Tub is still there full of blue marbles and rubber duckies.
Blue marble bathtub in death valley.
Blue marble bath death valley national park.
Started by herr42 nov 11 2007 06 45 pm.
A cast iron bath tub buried in a wash and filled with blue marbles.
Indeed there seems to be no marble or limestone outcrops anywhere near.
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.
Backcountry explorers atlas obscura user been here.
Click here and here to learn more about the story of the marble bath.
We strongly support both tread lightly and the blue ribbon coalition.
Overall marble canyon is doubtless one of death valley s greatest treasures.
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.
