As well
as being a curious film by Antonioni (1970),
Zabriskie Point is an elevated overlook of a colorful, undulating landscape of gullies and mud hills at the edge of the Funeral Mountains, a few miles from the edge of Death Valley - from the viewpoint, the flat salt plains on the valley floor are visible in the distance. In the past it was possible to drive right to the edge of the overlook, and several minutes of the film was set there, but since then a new larger car-park has been constructed lower down and visitors now have a short walk uphill. Most people do little more than briefly admire the scenery, which is best at sunrise, but it is possible to climb some of the adjacent hills to get a better overall view, or wander down amongst the variegated dunes. A foot-path leads through the mounds, down a ravine and into Gower Gulch after 2 miles, while another branch veers right into Golden Canyon.
20 Mule Canyon: From CA 190 just before Zabriskie Point, an unpaved 5 mile, one-way loop (the 20 Mule Team Road) leads into 20 Mule Canyon, where there are more colorful rocks, badlands and desolate mud hills, formed by evaporation of an ancient lake. The road is named after the teams of mules that once pulled wagons loaded with borax from mines on the valley floor.
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Zabriskie Point Photographs
Photographs - 13 views of the Golden Canyon/Gower Gulch/Zabriskie Point area |
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