macksix

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

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

Thanks again mlgb!

doug_stallings

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

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.