Beatty



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

Understand
Before the arrival of Euro-Americans in the 19th century, the region was home to groups of Shoshone. Established in 1905, the town was named after Montillus (Montillion), Murray "Old Man" Beatty, who settled on a ranch in the Oasis Valley in 1896 and became the town's first postmaster. With the arrival of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad in 1905, Beatty became a railway center for the Bullfrog Mining District, including mining towns such as nearby Rhyolite. Starting in the 1940s, Nellis Air Force Base and other federal installations contributed to the town's economy as did tourism related to Death Valley National Park and the rise of Las Vegas as an entertainment center.

Beatty is home to the Beatty Museum and Historical Society, a casino, and hundreds of motel rooms and recreational vehicle spaces. The ghost town of Rhyolite and the Goldwell Open Air Museum (a sculpture park), are about  to the west, and Yucca Mountain and the Nevada Test Site are about  to the east.

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

By plane
The nearest airport is in Las Vegas, Harry Reid International Airport.

By bus
Greyhound (+1 208 656-8824) operates from Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Pahrump to Death Valley Nut & Candy Co at 900 U.S. 95 in Beatty.

See




Do

 * Art exhibits on the way to ghost town: drive Stove Pipe Wells on a dirt road up and over a pass at about  through a deserted silver mine town that existed for 2 years.  Finally drive through Titus canyon, ending in Stove Pipe Wells. It takes at least 3 hours with stops. The road is one way very narrow and quite drivable if dry.

Gambling
Opportunities to gamble are found at the Stagecoach Hotel. It is state law that all gamblers must be at least 21 years of age. Even if you are at least 21 years old, you are required to bring to the casino a valid ID that shows your current age or complete date of birth (e.g. driver's license, passport) as proof of your age. Photocopies of valid IDs are usually not considered valid. In-house security makes rounds of inspections to check compliance. If you are under age or without a valid ID to prove your age and found in the gambling premises, hotel staff will ask you to leave, and could ask the metro police to issue you a citation. Moreover, underage gamblers cannot collect any jackpot; such bets are void and the casino will at best return your wager before asking you to leave the premises. There is a curfew for anyone under the age of 18 and police are comfortable transporting violators to a juvenile center.

Go next

 * Death Valley - west, most direct; also routes into park further south via Death Valley Junction and Shoshone.
 * Las Vegas - east.