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macksix Aug 7th, 2017 06:55 PM

Death Valley road closures?
 
Sorry - I just posted about lodging/driving to DV and, after looking at the park website, it seems that many roads are closed. Can anyone give me an idea of how this would affect our visit? I am having a hard time figuring which closures are significant. Roads listed as closed are:
West Side
Mosaic Canyon
Devils Golf Course
Natural Bridge
Harry Wade
Scotty's Castle
Titus Canyon
Ubehebe Crater
Keane Wonder

Thanks!!

mlgb Aug 9th, 2017 08:39 PM

It's too bad Scotty's isn't open but it's a pretty long detour and you only really have a day anyways. The Devil's Golf Course is part of Badwater so I stop into the visitor center and ask if you should take that route out of the park or to backtrack from Artists Drive and continue east on 190 (with a stop at Zabriskie Point) out of the park. Wait until a few weeks before your trip since monsoon season hasn't finished yet.

macksix Aug 10th, 2017 03:36 AM

Thanks again mlgb!

doug_stallings Aug 10th, 2017 04:03 AM

Scotty's Castle and the road were damaged during last year's heavy flash floods, and it probably won't reopen until 2019. I don't know about the other closures, but I'm sure at least some of them were related to last year's flash floods.

mlgb Aug 10th, 2017 04:51 AM

The Facebook Page has updated info after each storm. Apparently the lower part of Badwater Road was closed (landslide/debris at mile 34) but it looks like it's reopened.

https://www.facebook.com/DeathValleyRoadConditions/

Check out the video of flash flooding earlier this month.


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