Badwater, California
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Place in California, United States
36°13′47″N 116°46′01″W / 36.22972°N 116.76694°W / 36.22972; -116.76694Badwater is a locale in Inyo County, California.[1] It is located in Death Valley 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Bennetts Well,[2] at an elevation of −266 feet (−81 m).[1]
Badwater has never had a permanent population, though there is a 1946 report of a campsite at Badwater.[4]
Badwater is also known for being the start of the Badwater Ultramarathon, billed as the toughest foot race on the planet.[5]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Badwater, California
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1145. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ "Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California". americansouthwest.net. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ Smith, Lloyld Mason (October 4, 1946). "Hammada". The Desert Sun. Palm Springs, California. p. 13. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ "Badwater, the World's Toughest Foot Race". Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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Death Valley and Death Valley National Park
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- Badwater snail
- Borax
- Chuckwalla
- Death Valley monkeyflower
- Death Valley pupfish
- Death Valley June beetle
- Devils Hole pupfish
- Saratoga Springs pupfish
- Amargosa Range / River / Valley
- Ash Meadows NWR
- Badwater Basin
- Ballarat
- Beatty
- Black Mountains
- Chloride City
- Cottonwood Mountains
- Dante's View
- Darwin Falls
- Death Valley Junction
- Devil's Golf Course
- Eureka Valley / Dunes
- Funeral Mountains
- Furnace Creek
- Panamint City / Panamint Range / Panamint Springs / Panamint Valley
- Rainbow Canyon
- Racetrack Playa
- Rhyolite
- Saline Valley
- Saratoga Springs
- Scotty's Castle
- Stovepipe Wells
- Telescope Peak
- Trona
- Ubehebe Crater
- Zabriskie Point
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