During our visit to Death Valley we of course we made a stop at Badwater so that we could claim to at least be close the lowest point in elevation in the United States. We had been exploring elsewhere along the Badwater Road, so it was noon by the time we arrived at the parking lot and it was packed. We pulled in the lot and queued up. Fortunately the turnover is pretty quick so we really had no wait at all for a parking spot. I was toying with the idea of finding the actual lowest point in the basin. I had the coordinates plugged into the GPS but Lynn figured we were close enough for government work so we just walked out in the salt flat a short distance just to say we had been there. It was hot out there on all that white, reflective ground! The temperature was about 85 F but it seemed a lot higher than that! The “Sea Level” sign up on hill overlooking Badwater provides a nice gage to the elevation.

Walking

Death Valley, Badwater, walk, National Park

California, United States

time : Mar 25, 2016 3:08 PM

duration : 0h 43m 46s

distance : 1.3 mi

total_ascent : 69 ft

highest_point : 0 ft

avg_speed : 1.7 mi/h

user_id : OhioHick

user_firstname : Allen

user_lastname : Arrington

During our visit to Death Valley we of course we made a stop at Badwater so that we could claim to at least be close the lowest point in elevation in the United States. We had been exploring elsewhere along the Badwater Road, so it was noon by the time we arrived at the parking lot and it was packed. We pulled in the lot and queued up. Fortunately the turnover is pretty quick so we really had no wait at all for a parking spot. I was toying with the idea of finding the actual lowest point in the basin. I had the coordinates plugged into the GPS but Lynn figured we were close enough for government work so we just walked out in the salt flat a short distance just to say we had been there. It was hot out there on all that white, reflective ground! The temperature was about 85 F but it seemed a lot higher than that! The “Sea Level” sign up on hill overlooking Badwater provides a nice gage to the elevation.