The Beaver Dam Wash is a seasonal stream near the southwestern Utah-Nevada border in the United States. At its southern end in northern Arizona, near the point where it empties into the Virgin River, the stream flows throughout the year. Part of the wash is in the Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
This place scores 41.9 out of 100, at medium confidence. No official visitor count is published for it, so the score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Worth a short drive into Utah. Beware of dangerous curves and, at times, low visibility, but when conditions are clear, the drive is amazing. Take Interstate 15 north through a small sliver of Arizona, then into Utah for more of nature's wonder.
It is one of the two largest springs of the Pakoon Basin. Getting here can be done along Highway 111 (Pakoon Springs), but do note that coming here in summer is not advisable due to the heat and low elevation.
A former copper mining site that's now in ruins today. There's pretty much nothing in site for kilometers on end, and the road to get here is actually pretty treacherous – so treacherous to the point where pickup trucks may not make it.
Oak Grove can give you very different thoughts, depending on your interests. For some, it might be "just another old cattle ranch", while for others, it tells the story of what life was like in the ranches, the tough, treacherous conditions, of hardship and drought – and this ranch is a perfect example of that.
