State Route 374 - Death Valley Road

Nevada State Route 374

Following Death Valley Road northeast from Death Valley National Park, State Route 374 travels 8.86 miles to U.S. 95 at Beatty. Traversing Amargosa Desert, SR 374 links U.S. 95 with Daylight Pass Road south between the Grapevine and Funeral Mountains in Death Valley National Park. Approaching the unincorporated town of Beatty from the west, SR 374 navigates between Paradise Mountain and Velvet Peak ahead of Main Street.

Settled by 1905, Beatty has its origins in mining like many towns in western Nevada. The nearby mining towns of Rhyolite and Bullfrog west of Beatty experienced the boom-and-bust cycle associated with gold mining. Only Beatty retains a population due to its location on U.S. 95 and increases in tourism as the Gateway to Death Valley and military activity from the nearby Nevada Test Site, a large military reservation that encompasses a significant portion of Nye County and includes the controversial Yucca Mountain project.1

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  1. Beatty Museum

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Page Updated Friday April 19, 2019.