Death Valley National Park in Inyo County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Devils Golf Course
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 10, 1994
1. Devils Golf Course Marker
Interbedded salt and water-bearing gravels are more than 1,000 feet thick beneath the Devils Golf Course. Great horizontal forces exerted by crystallizing salt, push these columns upward. Wind and rain carve them into fantastic shapes.
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Natural Features.
Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 36° 19.697′ N, 116° 51.637′ W. Marker was in Death Valley National Park, California, in Inyo County. It was on Badwater Road 11 miles south of California Route 190. The marker is in Death Valley National Park. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Death Valley CA 92328, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker was in California’s Sierra Nevada. It was also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it was in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: West Side Road (approx. 2.7 miles away); Desolation Canyon (approx. 4.8 miles away); Golden Canyon Trail (approx. 6.4 miles away); Zabriskie Point (approx. 6.9 miles away); Death Valley 49ers Gateway (approx. 8.3 miles away); Shorty Harris Grave (approx. 8.4 miles
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Photographed by Don Morfe, June 10, 1994
2. Devils Golf Course
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 10, 1994
3. Badwater
282 feet below sea level. Today, a new boardwalk protects the fragile salt pan.
Photographed by Craig Baker, April 3, 2022
4. Devils Golf Course Marker
Replacement nature marker.
Photographed by Craig Baker, April 3, 2022
5. Devils Golf Course and Marker
Replacement nature marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 6, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 926 times since then and 36 times this year. Last updated on October 29, 2020, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 6, 2017, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 4, 5. submitted on April 10, 2022, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
