The Ski Inn in Bombay Beach, California is the lowest elevation bar in the entire western hemisphere! It sits 223 feet below sea level! It’s located in the town of Bombay Beach, California which is a small town located right along the infamous Salton Sea. The burgers were actually SO good and it’s absolutely worth adding to your California road-trip bucket list if you’re ever visiting the Salton Sea! The history of this area is honestly fascinating and worth a visit! #saltonsea #visitcalifornia

Bombay Beach isn’t abandoned—it’s remembering. Once a booming resort town on the shores of the Salton Sea, Bombay Beach thrived in the 1950s and ’60s when celebrities vacationed here and marinas buzzed with life. Then rising salinity, ecological collapse, and flooding pushed residents away, leaving behind a landscape suspended in time. What remains today is haunting and magnetic: rusted trailers, skeletal fish lining the shore, art installations rising from decay, and a quiet community that neve