Anyone been there . I've been there many times , I went on July 4th one year to experience the weather . It was 128 degrees at about 7 in the evening and the ravens were sitting in the shadows of the date palms on the resorts property . They were just sitting in the shadows with their beaks wide open . I saw a few guys running in that heat , they were all dressed in white and were running to build up endurance and in preparation for some race . Outside the resort where we stayed [one time] there is the small [500 people] town of BEATTY Nevada where we stayed in motels on later trips. Expensive at the resort and cheaper at Beatty's motels plus there are a few affordable restaurants and a few stores for beer and pretzels , spam , cheese plus there are a few bars / saloons in Beatty . Outside of Beatty there is area 51 , a few brothels , some semi ghost towns like Goldhill , Tonapah and a few other tiny towns . Some of these ghost towns are home to hotels that are reopening and are doing business .