Paddling near Stovepipe Wells, CA

Stovepipe Wells sits in Inyo County inside Death Valley National Park — the lowest, driest place in North America. Paddling here is not a routine activity. The area's marquee paddling event is the rare reappearance of ancient Lake Manly at Badwater Basin, which fills only after exceptional rainfall events and draws kayakers and SUP paddlers to the lowest point on the continent, 282 feet below sea level.