'''Beatty''' is a small town in Nevada located between Las Vegas and Death Valley National Park.

Get in

By car

Beatty is located at the intersection of US Highway 95 and Nevada State Route 374.

By air

'''McCarran International Airport''' [http://mccarran.com] in Las Vegas, from which US-95 goes straight to Beatty, is the nearest airport.

Get around

See

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

  • Motel 6,. te. 95,. 775)553-9090.
  • '''Exchange Hotel''' (775) 553-2333.
  • '''El Portal Motel'''
  • '''Phoenix Inn''', 1st Street, (800) 845-7401.
  • '''Stagecoach Hotel''', Rte.95, (800) 424-4946.
  • Death Valley Inn & RV. te. 95,. ontact the Stagecoach for room information.

    Get out

  • Death Valley
  • Las Vegas
  • '''Rhyolite''' [http://www.rhyolitesite.com/], a classic Western "ghost town," is about 10 miles west of town. Rhyolite was founded in 1904 after gold was discovered in the area, and within a few years its population had grown to 10,000 people. Rhyolite reached its heyday about 1910, when it was the third largest city in Nevada. At this time it had 3 railroads, 3 newspapers, 3 hospitals, 19 hotels, 18 stores, an opera house, a symphony, about 50 mines and most importantly, 53 saloons. By 1914 the gold mines were exhausted and the decline of the city was as fast as its growth. In 1919 the post office was officially closed and the last inhabitants moved out. Rhyolite quickly became a ghost town as the disintegration of the buildings started and the desert took back its territory. Today all the wooden houses are gone, and just a few stone buildings are still standing. The volunteers from the Rhyolite Preservation Society care for the remains of the city, which is now an amazing open air museum.