Your ATV Base Camp
Aravada Springs gives you a base camp to explore the more than 1000 miles of ATV-friendly trails that wind through the rugged, unparalleled beauty of the Gold Butte and Grand Canyon Parashant National Monuments.
On Site Amenities
Guests can conveniently restock on supplies from our sundries store. Enjoy clean showers after a day's riding and electricity to recharge your devices.
Come unwind in our fresh water swimming pond fed by nine natural springs and relax among its lush green shade trees.
A Few of Our Favorite ATV Destinations
Garden of Eden
- 11.2 miles one way
- 36°37'445.44"N 113°58'22.94"W or 36.629290 -113.973040
This slot canyon is near the Garden of Eden road. It is different from any of the other slot canyons. It has a sloping floor that is quite steep. It is a very short walk from the parking area...
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Ice Cave
- 3.4 miles
- 36°32'18.30"N 114° 1'29.23"W
This is a slot canyon that G. Luke Whitney and Family went to for their 4th of July picnic because it was much cooler than the surrounding area. If you look at the top of the slot....
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Whitney Pockets
- 5.2 miles
- 36°31'23.87"N 114° 8'6.84"W
Whitney Pockets is named after G. Luke Whitney and G. Fenton Whitney. They
purchased the Whitney/Nay Ranch in about 1910. They built.....
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21 Goats
- 10.5 miles
- 36°30' 6.17"N 114°11'27.40"W
21 Goats is a large panel of petroglyphs in the wash down from Whitney Pockets.
The name comes from the fact that there are lots of Goats in that.....
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Seven Keyholes
- 19.8 miles
- 36°25'51.66"N 114°13'17.15"W
Although many would like to name it a slot canyon, Seven Keyholes really isn’t
one. In geologic terms, this straight and narrow canyon is a joint.....
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Devil's Throat
- 13.1 miles
- 36°25'40.23"N 114° 8'56.56"W
Devil’s Throat is a large sinkhole roughly 234′ deep near Gold Butte, NV. The
sinkhole was formed when an underground cavern collapsed......
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Little Finland
- 23.3 miles
- 36°22'29.75"N 114°13'15.84"W
Also known as Devil's Fire or Hobgoblin's Playground, Little Finland is the
unofficial name of a remote area in the Mojave Desert near the......
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Pakoon Spring
- 10.8 miles
- 36°24'59.49"N 113°57'28.99"W
In the late 1970’s Pakoon Springs had seen many seasons. Several
different owners, including Native Americans, homesteaders......
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Tassi Springs
- 29 miles
- 36°22'29.75"N 114°13'15.84"W
Tassi Ranch is a rural historic district whose buildings, structures, and other
landscape features comprise a unique and intact ranch core in......
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Gold Butte
- 31.7 miles
- 36°16'48.81"N 114°12' 2.42"W
There’s not much left at the Gold Butte town site, besides some old mining
equipment, a few caged mines and the graves of Arthur Coleman.......
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whitney pockets
Whitney Pockets is named after G. Luke Whitney and G. Fenton Whitney. They purchased the Whitney/Nay Ranch in about 1910. They built two little catch dams in the rocks to hold water and it was used to provide water to their livestock and horses as they traveled to and from St. Thomas, NV.
We’ve GPS mapped some of the amazing sites you can visit from the ranch. We used Gaia (which is a $15 app), but if you visit Gaia links to the right of the pictures you can download the GPS files and use them with any GPS app of your liking.
GARDEN OF EDEN
Not to be confused with the Garden of Eden Slot Canyon, this place is simply called The Garden of Eden by the locals. It's a dirt road about a mile and a half ride off the beaten path. Enjoy a scenic jaunt through cedar trees and red rock wonders on a very sandy road. Recommended as well worth exploring!
We’ve GPS mapped some of the amazing sites you can visit from the ranch. We used Gaia (which is a $15 app), but if you visit Gaia links to the right of the pictures you can download the GPS files and use them with any GPS app of your liking.
Pakoon springs
Pakoon Springs was owned by the Whitney family for a period of time in the early 1900’s. In the late 1970’s, Pakoon Springs had experienced many seasons. Several different owners, including Native Americans, homesteaders, and ranchers, laid their claims to the area, but none made their claim quite like a self-proclaimed “weekend cowboy” by the name of Charles “Chuck” Simmons.
We’ve GPS mapped some of the amazing sites you can visit from the ranch. We used Gaia (which is a $15 app), but if you visit Gaia links to the right of the pictures you can download the GPS files and use them with any GPS app of your liking.
TASSI SPRING
Tassi Ranch is a rural historic district whose buildings, structures, and other landscape features are comprised of a unique and intact ranch core in northwestern Arizona, dating back from the first half of the 20th century.
We’ve GPS mapped some of the amazing sites you can visit from the ranch. We used Gaia (which is a $15 app), but if you visit Gaia links to the right of the pictures you can download the GPS files and use them with any GPS app of your liking.
gold butte
There’s not much left at the Gold Butte town site, besides some old mining equipment, a few caged mines, and the graves of Arthur Coleman and William (Bill) Garrett. Coleman and Garrett were the last two residents of the old mining town of Gold Butte. Bill was the nephew of Pat Garrett, the man who shot and killed Billy the Kid (supposedly).
We’ve GPS mapped some of the amazing sites you can visit from the ranch. We used Gaia (which is a $15 app), but if you visit Gaia links to the right of the pictures you can download the GPS files and use them with any GPS app of your liking.
little finland
Also known as Devil's Fire or Hobgoblin's Playground, Little Finland is the unofficial name of a remote area in the Mojave Desert. It is located near the north end of Lake Mead, within Gold Butte National Monument, where a plateau of red/orange Aztec sandstone has been heavily eroded into amazingly complex and intricate forms, over an area 2,000 feet by 400 feet.
We’ve GPS mapped some of the amazing sites you can visit from the ranch. We used Gaia (which is a $15 app), but if you visit Gaia links to the right of the pictures you can download the GPS files and use them with any GPS app of your liking.
Seven keyholes
Although many people would like to name it a slot canyon, Seven Keyholes really isn’t one. In geologic terms, this straight and narrow canyon is a joint, or a fracture, which divides two large rock masses.
Joints are created when forces cause them to crack and separate. The rock is Aztec sandstone, as it is called locally in Nevada, or Navajo sandstone, as it is referred to in Utah, and throughout the Colorado Plateau.
We’ve GPS mapped some of the amazing sites you can visit from the ranch. We used Gaia (which is a $15 app), but if you visit Gaia links to the right of the pictures you can download the GPS files and use them with any GPS app of your liking.
devil's throat
Devils Throat is an interesting, if somewhat disconcerting, geological feature where apparently the roof of a limestone cave collapsed. This left a narrow sinkhole in the middle of the open desert.
We’ve GPS mapped some of the amazing sites you can visit from the ranch. We used Gaia (which is a $15 app), but if you visit Gaia links to the right of the pictures you can download the GPS files and use them with any GPS app of your liking.
21 Goats
21 Goats is made up of a large panel of petroglyphs that are located in the wash down from Whitney Pockets.
The name comes from the fact that there are lots of goats in that panel, along with other symbols. My grandfather G. Fenton Whitney called this the Indian Writings.
We’ve GPS mapped some of the amazing sites you can visit from the ranch. We used Gaia (which is a $15 app), but if you visit Gaia links to the right of the pictures you can download the GPS files and use them with any GPS app of your liking.
ice cave
This is not a true cave. It is a slot canyon that G. Luke Whitney and Family went to for their 4th of July picnic because it was much cooler there than the surrounding area. If you look at the top of the slot, you will often see an owl that lives there.
We’ve GPS mapped some of the amazing sites you can visit from the ranch. We used Gaia (which is a $15 app), but if you visit Gaia links to the right of the pictures you can download the GPS files and use them with any GPS app of your liking.