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Badwater is a locale in
Inyo County, California Inyo County () is a county in the eastern central part of the U.S. state of California, located between the Sierra Nevada and the state of Nevada. In the 2020 census, the population was 19,016. The county seat is Independence. Inyo County is ...
. It is located in
Death Valley Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. During summer, it is the hottest place on Earth. Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in Nort ...
northeast of Bennetts Well, at an elevation of . Badwater has never had a permanent population, though there is a 1946 report of a campsite at Badwater. Badwater is also known for being the start of the
Badwater Ultramarathon The Badwater Ultramarathon describes itself as "the world's toughest foot race". It is a course starting at below sea level in the Badwater Basin, in California's Death Valley, and ending at an elevation of 8360 feet (2548 m) at Whitney Port ...
, billed as the toughest foot race on the planet.


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Populated places in the Mojave Desert Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Inyo County, California {{InyoCountyCA-geo-stub