Caution signs, although the main roads don't normally require 4x4 |
Rough road surface beyond Whitney Pocket |
Approaching Gold butte Back Country Byway Sign (view S) |
Approaching Gold butte Back Country Byway Sign (view S) |
Not-so-rough road surface (view S) |
Rough road surface (view SW) |
Smooth road surface (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road approaching a small campsite (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road at a small campsite (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road approaching a small campsite (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road at a campsite (view SW) |
Campsite on original GB Road (view SW) |
Cattle guard; note campsite on the right (view SW) |
Stormy sunrise at old fenceline (view W) |
Two survey markers by fence |
Survey marker for cattle guard; 1948 |
Survey marker for Gold Butte Cattle Co. Fence; 1948 |
Gold Butte Road Cattle Guard campsite (view W) |
Dropping into Mud Wash Valley (view SE) |
Gold Butte Road (view SE) |
Approaching at intersection with Mud Wash North Road (view SE) |
Sign at Mud Wash North Road (view SE) |
Sign at Mud Wash North Road (view SE) |
Gold Butte Road approaching Mud Wash North Road (view SE) |
Gold Butte Road approaching Mud Wash North Road (view SE) |
Gold Butte Road at Mud Wash North Road (view S) |
Mud Wash North Road (view SW from Gold Butte Road) |
Mud Wash North Road (view SW from Gold Butte Road) |
Gold Butte Road at minor side road right (view SE) |
Gold Butte Road at minor side road right (view SE) |
Gold Butte Road (view SE) |
Watch Out! Desert Tortoise on edge of road (view S) |
Big, healthy male Desert Tortoise |
Road grader cleaning up Gold Butte Road after a storm (view S) |
Dropping into Wechech Basin (view S) |
Crossing Wechech Basin towards Tramp Ridge (view S) |
Crossing Wechech Basin towards Tramp Ridge (view S) |
Crossing Wechech Basin towards Tramp Ridge (view S) |
Crossing Wechech Basin towards Tramp Ridge (view S) |
Spectacular sunsets in Wechech Basin (view W) |
Approaching Mud Wash Road (view S) |
Road sign approaching intersection (view S) |
Road sign approaching intersection (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at Mud Wash Road (view S) |
Mud Wash Road (view W from Gold Butte Road) |
Tramp-and-Fork Fire info sign just past Mud Wash Rd (view S) |
Info sign: 2005 Tramp and Fork Fires (vandalized with bullets) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Scenery (Mud Hills) along Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Approaching Mud Hills Corral on left (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at Mud Hills Corral on left (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Backcountry Byway sign (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road approaching St. Thomas Gap Road sign (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at St. Thomas Gap Road sign (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at St. Thomas Gap Road sign (view S) |
St. Thomas Gap Road sign (view S) |
St. Thomas Gap Road sign (view S) |
Vehicle at campsite just before road intersection (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at St. Thomas Gap Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road departing St. Thomas Gap Road intersection (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S towards vehicle causing dust) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Running along Tramp Ridge (view S) |
Running along Tramp Ridge (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Rare plants growing in gypsum-mud hills (view W) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Road crosses major wash (view S) |
Flashflood damage to roadway (view S; Oct 2015) |
Road climbs out of major wash (view S) |
Road crosses major wash (view S) |
Stopping to smell the yellow poppy flowers |
Flashfloods can damage the entire roadway (view S; Oct 2015) |
Road runs through rolling country (view S) |
Large campsite on the left (view S) |
Test well casing (oil exploration) in the campsite (view NE) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Flashflood damage to roadway (view S; Oct 2015) |
Gold Butte Road climbs towards ridgeline (view S) |
Gold Butte Road climbs towards ridgeline (view S) |
Road cuts up and across hillside (view SE) |
Road cutting across hillside; approaching sharp curve (view E) |
Grand view across Gold Butte (view N) |
Grand view into Arizona (view NE) |
Sharp curve at top of hill (remember on the return; view E) |
Sharp curve at top of hill (remember on the return; view E) |
Beyond sharp curve, cattle guard ahead (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at cattle guard (view S) |
Vehicle at Paradise Peak trailhead (view S) |
Vehicle at Paradise Peak trailhead (view W to Paradise Ridge) |
Fence and survey marker adjacent to cattle guard (view NE) |
Survey marker placed in 1992 |
Continuing past the cattle guard (view S) |
Road dips across wash (view SW) |
GB Rd approaching Horse Spring North Road (view S) |
GB Rd at Horse Spring North Road (view S) |
Horse Spring North Road (view E from Gold Butte Rd) |
Gold Butte Road (view S across Horse Valley) |
Gold Butte Road dipping towards Horse Spring Wash (view SE) |
Gold Butte Road at Horse Spring Wash (view SE) |
Gold Butte Road climbing out of Horse Spring Wash (view SE) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at Horse Spring Road connector (view S) |
Horse Spring Connector Road (view E from Gold Butte Road) |
Gold Butte Road at Horse Spring Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Approaching Uranium Mine Road and campsite (view S) |
Uranium Mine Road and campsite (view E from GB Road) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road approaching Devils Cove Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at Devils Cove Road sign (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at Devils Cove Road sign (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at Devils Cove Road sign (view S) |
Gold Butte Road at Devils Cove Road (view S) |
Far side of triangular intersection with Devils Cove Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Back Country Byway road sign (view S) |
Short side road to quail guzzler GB-01 (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road (view S) |
Gold Butte Road dipping back into Horse Spring Wash (view S) |
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Gold Butte Road approaching Gold Butte Fault (view S) |
Crossing Horse Spring Wash and Gold Butte Fault (view W) |
Crossing Gold Butte Fault (view W) |
Crossing Horse Spring Wash for the last time (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road approaching Vermiculate Mine Road (view SW) |
Vermiculate Mine Road (view S from Gold Butte Road) |
Upturned limestone crags along Gold Butte Fault (view SW) |
Upturned limestone crags along Gold Butte Fault (view SW) |
More to come ... |
Gold Butte Road (view W) |
Gold Butte Road (view W) |
Approaching the highest point on Gold Butte Road (view SW) |
Highpoint on Gold Butte Road (view SW) |
Descending towards Gold Butte Townsite (view SW) |
Descending towards Gold Butte Townsite (view SW) |
Bundy trespass cattle at Gold Butte Townsite (view N) |
Descending towards Gold Butte Townsite (view SW) |
Approaching Blackjack Mine Road (view SW) |
Approaching Gold Butte Townsite area (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road approaching cattle guard (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road at cattle guard (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road approaching Voight Well East Road (view SW) |
Voight Well East Road (view S from Gold Butte Road) |
Approaching Gold Butte Airstrip Road (view SW) |
Gold Butte Airstrip Road (view W from Gold Butte Road) |
Gold Butte Airstrip windsock pole (view S from GB Road) |
Gold Butte Airstrip windsock pole (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road approaching Voight Well West Road (view SW) |
Voight Well West Road (view SE from Gold Butte Road) |
Gold Butte Road (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road (view SW) |
Gold Butte placer prospects (view W from Gold Butte Road) |
Gold Butte placer prospects (view W) |
Placer prospects at Gold Butte Townsite (view N) |
Placer prospect at Gold Butte Townsite (view N) |
Lots of historic, rusty cans scattered around the Townsite area |
Gold Butte Road approaching Gold Butte Townsite (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road at Gold Butte Townsite East Road (view SW) |
Gold Butte Townsite East Road (view S from Gold Butte Road) |
Gold Butte Road (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road approaching road intersection (view SW) |
Directional sign at road intersection (view SW) |
Directional sign (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road approaching road intersection (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road at Gold Butte Townsite West Road (view SW) |
Gold Butte Road at Scanlon Road (view SW) |
Scanlon Road (view SW from Gold Butte Road) |
Gold Butte Road at Red Bluff Spring Road (view SW) |
Red Bluff Spring Road (view NW from Gold Butte Road) |