Staying in Beatty has two advantages. It is less expensive (half price) than Death Valley’s hotels, and it has some nearby attractions. The nearby attractions ware Rhyolite, local characters gambling or drinking, and interesting, run-down structures. An hour north is the town of Goldfield with the automobiles stuck into the ground, and a half-hour further north is Tonopah, with an old silver mine.

 

Vacant trailers, collapsing houses, non-drivable antique cars, junk littering yards, trucks and cars passing through on their way to Las Vegas, an Arco station with slot machines, a 25-mph speed limit, and older people with vacant looks are our memories of Beatty. Oh yes, and a Tesla charging station next to the Stagecoach, a smoke-filled Casino, but we never saw any Teslas. If you stay in remote places, you may find more photographic opportunities and different, interesting people.

 

Beatty was a 45-minute drive from Furnace Creek, and has a public library and a museum.

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There are several accommodations in or near Beatty, Nevada for your stay.

 

We photographed a group of 5 wild burros along Highway 374 near the Rhyolite turnoff. One was slowly walking across 375 (see Rhyolite pictures).

 

The ghost town of Rhyolite and the Goldwell Open Air Museum (a sculpture park) is nearby, about 4 miles to the west, and on the way to Death Valley