Gold Butte National Monument

Clark County

Covering nearly 300,000 acres of remote Nevada wilderness, Gold Butte National Monument was established by President Barack Obama on December 28, 2016 under the Antiquities Act. It takes its name for the Gold Butte mining district, located near the monument's center. In addition to historic mines and ghost towns, Gold Butte is home to Native American cultural sites dating back as far as 12,000 years and a unique natural landscape of sandstone formations, sinkholes, and other oddities. Several days could be spent exploring the monument and its many trails (both hiking and offroad).

The following will each take you to their own page:

Gold Butte

Copper City

Whitney Pocket

"Falling Man" Petroglyph Area

Mud Wash - This was an old trail, and later the main wagon route between Gold Butte and St. Thomas during the early 1900s. Petroglyphs are found along the road, and at some point names were written in axle grease on the sandstone.

Petroglyphs

Axle Grease Signatures

Devil's Throat - A large sinkhole measuring more than 100' wide that opened in the early 1900s. Reportedly, miners and a cowboy in the area witnessed a large cloud of dust when it opened.

Devil's Throat

Gold Butte National Monument
Gold Butte • Copper City
Whitney Pocket • "Falling Man"

Bibliography

Friends of Nevada Wilderness, "Gold Butte National Monument".
On-Site Historic Signage