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Gold Butte Road -- Unpaved Section, Northbound
Backroads Around Las Vegas, Gold Butte
Gold Butte Road
Gold Butte Road
Scanlon Road, approaching start of Gold Butte Road (view NE)

Overview

Gold Butte Road, northbound, is a 20-mile dirt road that runs from Gold Butte Townsite to Highway 170 and serves as the main exit from this wild and rugged region.

The relatively well-maintained road runs through spectacular country and leads to places such as Little Finland, Devils Throat, a variety of primitive campsites, Whitney Pocket, and a whole lot of grand scenery, plus it is part of the Gold Butte Backcountry Byway.

The road is described in detail, including a map, from north to south (paved section, unpaved section), but here photos are presented for the dirt-road part of the return, south to north, from Gold Butte Townsite to Whitney Pocket.

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Sign at junction of Scanlon, Red Bluff Spring, Gold Butte roads
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Scanlon Road approaching Gold Butte Townsite (view NE)
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Scanlon Road at start of Gold Butte Townsite Road West (view NE)
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Scanlon Road at Gold Butte Townsite Road West (view SE)
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Sign: Respect, Protect, and Enjoy Your Desert (view SE)
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Scanlon Road at Red Bluff Spring Road (view NE)
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Red Bluff Spring Road (view NW from Gold Butte Road)
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Gold Butte Road at Tramp-and-Fork Fire sign (view NE)
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Tramp-and-Fork Fire sign (view NE)
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Backside of Gold Butte directional sign (view E)
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Gold Butte Road at Gold Butte Townsite Road East (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road at Gold Butte Townsite Road East (view SW)
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Prospect mounds along Gold Butte Road (view N)
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Prospect mounds along Gold Butte Road (zoom; view N)
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Gold Butte Road in valley with granite crags (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Voight Well Road West (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Gold Butte Airstrip Road (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road at Gold Butte Airstrip Road (view NE)
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Gold Butte Airstrip Road (view N from Gold Butte Road)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Voight Well Road East (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road approaching cattle guard during winter (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road approaching cattle guard during summer (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road at cattle guard during winter (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road at cattle guard during summer (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road at Blackjack Mine Trail, on the left (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road (view NE)
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Springtime view down Paradise Valley (view N)
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Trespass Bundy cattle (view N from Gold Butte Road)
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Gold Butte Road at Guzzler Road (view E)
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Guzzler Road (view NE from Gold Butte Road)
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Upturned limestone crags (view NE)
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Upturned limestone crags (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road at Vermiculite Mine Road, west spur (view NE)
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Vermiculite Mine Road, west spur (view E from Gold Butte Road)
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Gold Butte Road at Vermiculite Mine Road, east spur (view NE)
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Vermiculite Mine Road, east spur (view S from Gold Butte Road)
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Mica Peak during winter (view S)
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Upturned limestone crags (view N)
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Gold Butte Road turning down into Horse Spring Valley (view NE)
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Horse Spring Valley (view NE from Gold Butte Road)
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Approaching narrow road and blind curve (view N)
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Gold Butte Road descending Horse Spring Valley (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Devils Cove Road (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Devils Cove Road (view NE)
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Devils Cove Road sign (view NE)
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Devils Cove Road sign (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road at Devils Cove Road (view NE)
more to come
More to come ...
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Gold Butte Backcountry Byway road sign (view NE)
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Gold Butte Backcountry Byway road sign (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road running down Horse Spring Valley (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Uranium Mine Road (view NE)
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Uranium Mine Road and campsite (view E from Gold Butte Road)
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Gold Butte Road running down Horse Spring Valley (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road at Horse Spring Road right (view N)
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Gold Butte Road dipping to cross Horse Wash (view NW)
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Trespass cattle along Gold Butte Road (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Horse Spring North Road (view N)
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Gold Butte Road at Horse Spring North Road (view N)
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Gold Butte Road (view NE)
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Ponded water after a storm (view N)
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Gold Butte Road approaching cattle guard and curve (view NE)
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Vehicle parked at Paradise Peak Trailhead (view N)
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Vehicle at Paradise Peak Trailhead (view NW to Paradise Ridge)
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Gold Butte Road at cattle guard and curve (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road turning surprise curve (view N)
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Gold Butte Road traversing hillside below surprise curve (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road bends back to the north (view N)
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Descending past colorful hills (view N)
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Gold Butte Road at washout (view N)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Drill Site Campsite (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road at Drill Site Campsite (view NE)
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Well casing at Drill Site Campsite (view E)
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Gold Butte Road can be washed out (view NE)
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Crossing colorful layers of mudstone (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road crossing red-mud hills (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road descending towards the colorful Mud Hills (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road approaching St. Thomas Gap Road (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road at St. Thomas Gap Road sign (view NW)
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St. Thomas Gap Road sign (view N)
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St. Thomas Gap Road sign (view N)
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Gold Butte Road at St. Thomas Gap Road South (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road at St. Thomas Gap Road North (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road at St. Thomas Gap Road campsite (view N)
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St. Thomas Gap Road campsite (view NE)
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Grader fixing Gold Butte Road (view N)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Mud Hills Corral Road (view N)
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Gold Butte Road at Mud Hills Corral Road (view N)
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Watch for feral burros crossing the road (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road at a minor side road right (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road at minor road right (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road at minor side road left (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road passing a carsonite road marker (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Mud Wash Road (view N)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Mud Wash Road sign (view N)
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Gold Butte Road at Mud Wash Road sign (view N)
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Mud Wash Road sign (view N)
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Gold Butte Road approaching backside of Tramp Fire sign (view N)
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Gold Butte Road at Mud Wash Road (view N)
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Mud Wash Road (view W from Gold Butte Road)
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Gold Butte Road approaching a parallel road to nowhere (view NE)
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Parallel Road returning to Gold Butte Road (hard to see northbound)
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Parallel Road returning to Gold Butte Road (hard to see northbound)
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Gold Butte Road entering Wechech Basin (view NE)
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Gold Butte Road entering Wechech Basin (view NE)
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Always watch for desert tortoise in the road! (view NW)
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Desert tortoise climbing steep road berm (view SW)
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Desert tortoise safely across the road
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Gold Butte Road approaching Mud Wash North Road (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road at Mud Wash North Road sign (view N)
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Gold Butte Road at Mud Wash North Road sign (view N)
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Mud Wash North Road sign (view N)
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Gold Butte Road at Mud Wash North Road (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road at Mud Wash North Road (view NW)
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Mud Wash North Road (view SW from Gold Butte Road)
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Continuing past Mud Wash North Road (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road at campsite (view N)
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Campsite (view NW from Gold Butte Road)
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Gold Butte Road at cattle guard (view N)
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Gold Butte Road (view NE)
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An incline with a rock sill to bounce over (view NE)
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Cobblestone roadway (view NE)
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Fairly smooth roadway (view NE)
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Approaching the rough patch with several moguls (view NE)
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A bit washed, but not too bad (view NE)
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A bit washed, but not too bad (view NE)
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Whitney Pocket in the distance (view N)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Whitney Pocket (view N)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Whitney Pocket (view N)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Whitney Pocket (view N)
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Whitney Pocket (view NE from Gold Butte Road)
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Gold Butte Rd approaching Whitney Pocket sign (view N)
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Gold Butte Rd at Whitney Pocket sign (view N)
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Whitney Pocket sign (view N)
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Whitney Pocket sign (view N)
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Whitney Pocket day-use parking (view NW from Gold Butte Road)
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Gold Butte Road approaching Whitney Pass Road (view NW)
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Gold Butte Road at Whitney Pass Road (view N)
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Gold Butte Road just past Whitney Pass Road (view N)
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Hitting the road on ATVs
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Gold Butte Road approaching start of the pavement (view N)
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Gold Butte Road at start of the pavement (view N)

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