Ryan is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California that is now privately owned and stewarded by the Death Valley Conservanc…Ryan is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California that is now privately owned and stewarded by the Death Valley Conservancy. A former mining community and company town, Ryan is situated at an elevation of 3,045 feet in the Amargosa Range, 8 miles northeast of Dante's View and 15 miles southeast of Furnace Creek.