RHH's photos with the keyword: devil's golf course

This area of Death Valley, covered with salt formations is known as the Devil's Golf Course. The salt formations are very hard and difficult to navigate and will tear up your shoes if you are not careful. The salt is mostly ordinary table salt and some of the formations can be seen in the inset.

These salt formations are in an area of Death Valley National Park known as the Devil's Golf Course. Their composition is mostly the same as ordinary table salt and they are very hard and difficult to navigate.

The Devil's Course is a salt pan in Death Valley National Park where the halite salt formations have been eroded leaving a rough surface that is hard on shoes and legs.

Devil's Golf Course must be a modern name since I am certain the early settlers were not thinking about playing golf when they traveled through Death Valley and I am sure they did not have their golf clubs with them either. The area is well named, however, since its salt deposits are so rough they will tear your shoes to pieces very quickly, the opposite of a nice smooth fairway or putting green. The photo was taken by my wife and one of the insets shows the salt deposits close up.

These are the salt flats at Devil's Golf Course, not far from the lowest point in Death Valley, Badwater, at 282 feet (86 meters) below sea level and the highest point in the National Park, Telescope Peak, at 11,049 feet (3368 meters) above sea level.