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Devil's Golf Course

Badwater Rd., 13 mi south of Furnace Creek. Turn right onto dirt road and drive 1 mi, Death Valley National Park, CA
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Type: Geologic Formations
Description: A seemingly infinite number of crusted salt formations jut from the "course."
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Virginia Water, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2013

Well, this is another very strange sight in Death Valley - there are so many of them! Kids loved it.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 April 2013

For how accessible this and all of the other main attractions are, it would be silly not to go see Devil's golf course.... it's neat to see and you pretty much drive 2 midtown a road, park, walk around, then drive 2 min back to the main road. Do it.

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Cincinnati, OH
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 April 2013

I am not a golfer, but I'm pretty sure only the Devil could play here! A short drive from the main road, it doesn't take too long to drive to the viewing area of this imposing landscape. The crystallized salt formations ARE as sharp as they look.

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Scarborough, United Kingdom
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 March 2013

From a distance, this just looks like another part of the salt flats, but up close you see that it would be almost impossible to walk on. The surface is very uneven with sharp edges, how anyone ever managed to get across this I wouldn't like to think. To get there you have to go down a dirt track, but... More

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Overland Park, KS
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 March 2013

This was one of our first stops in Death Valley--what an interesting place. Amazing to see this first hand and hike out through this area. Be careful walking through it, but try it!

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Portland, Oregon
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 March 2013

The giant jagged mounds of salt heaving up here will amaze...it's like no other landscape, hostile, rough, but with its own beauty.

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Hurricane, Utah
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 February 2013

We visited the devils golf course on 2/21. The ride to the course was a 1 1/4 mile dirt road that our Honda Civic (low clearance) had no problems with. From what I had read, I expected the salt structures to be 3 to 5 feet high and spaced out so you could walk amoung them, none of that is... More

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California
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 February 2013

A short drive to view the "course", and I found it pretty interesting. Imagine how this was formed...

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Los Angeles, California
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 February 2013

It's been a while since I've been there, but it's a cool place to go. If you are only there for a short time, you can skip it for the more popular things at the park.

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Ridgecrest, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 January 2013

out in the middle of the valley, what was Lake Manley - vast fields of salt crystals, usually blinding white if clean; the water table is very close to the surface here, and the formations are sharp - be careful when you walk around. Look for tiny crystals forming here and there.

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