| Bullfrog, Nevada | |
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Ruins of the Bullfrog Jail
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| Official name: Bullfrog (historical) | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Nevada |
| County | Nye |
| Elevation | 3,560 ft (1,085 m) [1] |
| Coordinates | [1] |
| Timezone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| - summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
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Location of Bullfrog in Nevada
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Bullfrog is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located at the north end of the Amargosa Desert about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Beatty. Less than 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Bullfrog are the Bullfrog Hills and the ghost town of Rhyolite. The two ghost towns are about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Las Vegas, 60 miles (97 km) south of Goldfield, and 90 miles (140 km) south of Tonopah.
To the west, roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) from Bullfrog, the Funeral and Grapevine Mountains of the Amargosa Range rise between the Amargosa Desert in Nevada and Death Valley in California.[2][3]
Bullfrog is near the Goldwell Open Air Museum and its Red Barn Art Center. The Bullfrog jail, the barn, the museum's information center and its outdoor sculptures are located along a spur road leading from State Route 374 to Rhyolite.[4]
Of note is the recent purchase of 800 acres outside the former city limits. The energy healer, Kurt Peterson, of Cancertouch.com is purportedly acquiring property in the area for a retreat center that he is building. It's unknown if the planned retreat will infringe onto the grounds of Bullfrog.