Lower Vine Ranch

Death Valley National Park


The house where gold-prospector Walter Scott (aka Scotty) actually lived can only be visited on ranger-led hikes that must be booked in advance via www.recreation.gov. Tours last 2½ hours and involve a 2-mile round-trip walk.


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Nearby Death Valley National Park attractions

1. Scotty's Castle

2.4 MILES

Closed due to flood damage and not likely to reopen until at least 2020, this whimsical castle was the desert home of Walter E Scott, alias ‘Death Valley…

2. Little Hebe Crater

3.89 MILES

In the north, Hwy 190 ends at a landscape shaped by a cluster of craters, of which Ubehebe is the largest. Its younger brother, Little Hebe, is a short…

3. Ubehebe Crater

4.48 MILES

Hwy 190 ends at 600ft-deep Ubehebe Crater, formed some 300 years ago by the meeting of fiery magma and cool groundwater. As the water turned into steam,…

4. Racetrack Playa

25.42 MILES

Past the northern end of Hwy 190, it's slow going for 27 miles on a tire-shredding dirt road (high-clearance and 4WD usually required) to the eerie…