A non-hiker’s guide to Death Valley — what to do, see and eat in the charming towns nearby. ... Still, these places are far from chic or trendy — and that’s the way the locals like it.

The Death Valley community stays close Cow Creek, Timbisha Shoshone Village , and Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley's three main year-round communities, are remote: The nearest town is an hour's drive.

Death Valley, one of the hottest, driest, places on the planet has a visitor, it’s a lake. Unofficially, it has been labeled Manly Lake, and it is something that rarely occurs at the lowest ...