Devils Golf Course
Vast fields of rock salt crystals sculpted by wind and rain into sharp, jagged spires, looking like a golf course no one could play. In quiet moments you can hear the salt crystals crackling.
Devils Golf Course lies north of Badwater Basin. It is an endless expanse of sharp salt blocks formed when rock salt left by a dried-up ancient lake was eroded by wind and rain. The name comes from a 1934 National Park Service guidebook, which said that “only the devil himself could play golf here.” The salt blocks are hard and sharp. You can walk up to them carefully, but they cut easily, so wear sturdy shoes. When the temperature changes, the salt crystals give off faint popping sounds. It is about 2 km from the Badwater Road along a gravel road, and it is often visited together with Badwater Basin and Artist's Drive.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Natural Bridge Canyon
- Badwater Basin
- Artists Drive & Artists Palette
- Twenty Mule Team Canyon
- Dante's View
- Zabriskie Point
- Golden Canyon
- Death Valley National Park