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Another 3 miles (5 km) or so downstream, the river flows through Beatty and turns south-southeast through the Amargosa Narrows into the Amargosa Desert. At this point, Bare Mountain lies to the left, and the Grapevine and Funeral Mountains of the Amargosa Range lie to the right.
- 185 mi (298 km)
- Death Valley
- Nevada, California
- Pahute Mesa
Dec 18, 2017 · — The Amargosa, a slender thread of a river that flows through a parched landscape, begins with a few springs bubbling out of the ground in the Oasis Valley near Beatty, Nev. Shortly...
Oct 10, 2021 · Then the Amargosa flows for about five kilometers through Beatty before turning south-southeastwards to Amargosa Desert through the Amargosa Narrow. As it flows through the Narrow, the river is flanked by Funeral and Grapevine Mountains on the right and Bare Mountain on the left.
- John Misachi
Feb 12, 2024 · From its headwaters north of Beatty, NV, the Amargosa River flows underground in a southerly direction. Near the Dumont Dunes, it makes a big u-turn and heads north into Death Valley National Park, finally terminating in Badwater Basin, the lowest point in the United States.
The Amargosa River flows through Beatty. Beatty lies along U.S. Route 95 between Tonopah, about 90 miles (140 km) to the north, and Las Vegas, about 120 miles (190 km) to the southeast. State Route 374 connects Beatty to Death Valley National Park, about 8 miles (13 km) to the west.
Beatty lies along the Amargosa River, 185 miles of the only free-flowing river in the Death Valley region of the Mojave Desert. In the 1870s, early settlers chose the lush Oasis Valley wisely; the river—nicknamed “the hide-and-seek river”—flows above ground for just a scant few miles, before it continues underground for 100 miles and ...
The Amargosa River is the longest underground river in the world; the headwaters are in the north end of Oasis Valley and winds south through Beatty, then (mostly underground) through Amargosa Valley.
