A popular hike in Death Valley is the Golden Canyon/Gower Gulch Loop, which is a 5-6 mile hike that you can start at either the Badwater Road trailhead, or the Route 190 trailhead (
map here). I started from Badwater Road, hiked a half mile south, and then entered Gower Gulch. The Gulch was about what you would expect...steep sidewalls, a couple of small dry falls, and views that increasingly remind you of, perhaps, the planet Tatooine in Star Wars...which in fact was partially filmed here (
click here). After exiting the Gulch, I entered an area of badlands that led me to the popular photography spot at Zabriskie Point. I then backtracked across the badlands and connected with the final part of the loop that leads through Golden Canyon. During this final section, I passed Manly Beacon and the surrounding views of an incredibly eroded landscape, which were the highlight of this hike.
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| View from Zabriskie Point. |
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| View from Zabriskie Point. |
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| Manly Beacon. |
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| Manly Beacon. |
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| View from Manly Beacon. |
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