BEATTY, NEVADA Gateway to Death Valley!TM proclaims today? Rhyolite has been likened to “the THINGS TO SEE AND DO WHILE culmination of the gold rush era.” Those who had Welcome to BEATTY, NEVADA IN THE BEATTY AREA. missed out on earlier booms weren’t going to let Beatty has long been known as the Gateway to this one pass them by, but the fervor was really Tired of the bright lights of Vegas? Too hot in project for the next few years. Our first mural, Death Valley, and this entrance to the National for nothing as Rhyolite was only able to establish Death Valley? Looking for a friendlier location with depicting our railroad history has been completed Park has exciting offerings for all your senses... and one truly productive mine. And that one, the room to breathe? Have a tight vacation budget? If and the Clock has been relocated in a prominent your imagination too! Among the sights and senses Montgomery, wasn’t even profitable, only $2 million this is you, then come experience Beatty, Nevada. area of the new Town Square. you can experience on the 42-mile trip into Furnace in gold had been taken when it closed after 11 years. Located in Oasis Valley, less than a hundred miles With the cost of living rising in the larger Creek, the valley’s cultural center, are: Today Rhyolite lay in ruins, with mere shells of the northwest of Las Vegas on Hwy 95, Beatty was metropolitan areas, small towns such as Beatty are RHYOLITE-4 miles outside of Beatty. Boom main street buildings remaining. The fall of gold established in 1904 as a supply center for miners, attracting larger numbers of retirees looking for to bust, the story of many early mining towns in prices spelt the ruin of this once thriving town. railroads, and Death Valley travelers. Nestled lower costs and simpler ways of life. Nevada run about the same, but Rhyolite is quite “Legend-Has-It” stories abound about the life and snugly in the valley, Beatty is surrounded by three So come on by and visit awhile. Perhaps you will the exception. It certainly boomed and it definitely peaks; Bare Mountain, Sawtooth Mountain and find us to your liking and settle in our little valley busted, but what remains of what could-have-been times of Rhyolite. One of these stories is of the mine the Bullfrog Hills. Long known as the “Scenic to become a part of our community. Whatever is a must-see for any visitor to Beatty. Just four that missed the main vein of gold by a matter of Gateway to Death Valley.” We are a short seven your choice, we hope you will enjoy our clean, miles west of Beatty, Rhyolite was born in 1905 feet. Later a modern day mining operation located miles from the National Park border and thirteen fresh air, friendly people, spectacular scenery and when samples of gold-laced rock were found in the that vein and took out 2 million ounces in 12 miles from the Nevada/California border. our great quality of life. While you are making Bullfrog Mining District. Such a discovery resulted years! You pass the remains of that open pit mining At three thousand, three hundred and eight feet, your plans check out the gateway tour, Shake in the usual real estate boom. By 1907/08 Rhyolite operation as you near the turn off to Rhyolite. Beatty enjoys a more temperate climate, and offers Hands With The Devil, on the back page of this was the third largest community in Nevada. At that GOLDWELL OPEN AIR MUSEUM-You many natural wonders of its own. One of the guide for some excellent ideas. time Las Vegas was still a stage stop! are in the middle of the desert, on your way to visit largest underground rivers in the United States, the area’s premiere ghost town, and suddenly off to the Amargosa, supplies water to a wealth of trees In fact, Rhyolite reached its peak in 1907 with an estimated 8,000-10,000 residents. But even more the left you see a towering pink woman and a series and wildlife. Beatty’s landscape plays host to bird 8 Reasons to Stay in Beatty of ghostly forms. This is the Goldwell Open Air watchers, hikers, geocachers, rockhounds, history remarkable than the subsequent population spurt While Visiting Death Valley was the potential Rhyolite had-and-embraced Art Museum featuring the Painted Lady, a ghostly buffs, off-road enthusiasts, herds of wild burros representation of the Last Supper, a ghostly bike 1. Beatty is the closest Gateway to Death Valley – – to become the next Nevada metropolis. Built and characters hankering to leave the big city rider and others. While you might think that this is behind. A casino, gas stations, hotels/motels, RV just 10 minutes away. of stone and concrete, the town had three-story office buildings, banks, churches, an opera house, a strange location for a modern art sculpture garden, parks, restaurants, saloons, and antique and gift 2. Experience Hell’s Gate and the alluvial fan – each piece has a tie with the history of the area— shops provide a wide range of year round services. just 11 miles away hotels, a school, dozens of streets, all complete with plumbing, electricity and telephone service. even the penguin following the miner! Budget pleasing room prices abound in Beatty, 3. Visit Rhyolite Ghost Town – just 4 minutes away and a central location makes Beatty the choice for The town even had a stock exchange and gained Legend has it that Shorty Harris, one of the miners a “Home Base” for your desert explorations! 4. Closest entrance to Titus Canyon – 5 miles away the attention of investors in New York and San that made the first discovery in Rhyolite, drank a bit Francisco, as stock promoters sold speculative and in his fuzzy condition was sure that a penguin Watch us grow! We have big plans for our little 5. 20 degrees cooler than Death Valley town over the next few years! A Community 6. Just 45 miles from Furnace Creek and 55 miles shares in Rhyolite ventures. Not to mention the followed him everywhere he went! The true story beautification project is in full swing, with from Scotty’s Castle red light district... is that the man commissioned to build the statue always put something of himself in each piece...in streetlights in place, park benches and a town 7. Reasonable room rates How could a town that seemed set to stand the square in the works. This will be an ongoing test of time, crumble to the ghost town status it this case he felt about as out of place in the desert as 8. Visit the Old West in downtown Beatty and a penguin! catch a glimpse of a shoot-out { 2 } { 3 } Today you can visit this free attraction any conditioning, and putting your hand out in the air. BAILEY’S HOT SPRINGS-A former railroad wind and weather worn holes, this outcropping is time of the day. On weekends you may find a Within the next 3 miles you should be able to feel depot (once known as Hicks Hot Springs), was built an interesting place to explore. You might choose to museum attendant available to tell you about the the change in temperature! Welcome to Hell’s Gate. around 1905. In 1907 Bailey’s became a watering camp in the area protected by this formation, and if museum and the artists that have contributed to This sudden temperature change is due to the stop for the Bullfrog-Goldfield railroad line. Today you are quiet enough, you just might be treated to a the collection. The museum holds special artistic inversion layer that lays over the valley at all times. there are three private bath houses available, seven sighting of a bighorn sheep during your visit. showings and events throughout the year. These If the weather is calm, the change in temperature days a week, with temperatures ranging from BIRDING-A true oasis from the harsh include plays and displays at the “Red Barn” that is can be fairly sharp, but if there is a storm in the 100 to 108 degrees. There is also an RV park with environments of the Mohave and Great Basin part of the site. For more information visit: www. area, it can take up to the full three miles. 14 RV spaces on site, free Wi-Fi, tent and teepee Deserts—the trees, wetlands and open spaces goldwellmuseum.org. rentals, and hiking trails. along the Amargosa River also give habitat to Just around the corner is the Hell’s Gate Rest Area Website: http://www.baileyshotsprings.com year-round resident birds and nesting seasonal TOM KELLY BOTTLE HOUSE-While you and your first spectacular view of Death Valley Phone: 775-553-2395. birds, regularly supporting 21 species that have are in Rhyolite, be sure to visit the famous Tom opens out in front of you. There are few other BEATTY MUDMOUND-From a distance this been identified by NV Partners in Flight as Kelly Bottle House. Local stories say that there locations with such a photographic view of such a fascinating outcropping of limestone, about 5 miles conservation priorities. were around fifty thousand bottles used in the large area-be sure to get a picture or two! building. These bottles are mostly beer and wine south and east of town is simply an outcropping of Surveys have recorded some 100 species of There is a wealth of desert experiences awaiting you bottles gathered from the local establishments.