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References. List of ghost towns in California. Appearance. Coordinates: 37°27′54″N121°58′28″W37.46500°N 121.97444°W. Ghost towns in California were caused by factors including the end of the California gold rush, the creation of new lakes, and the abandonment of formerly-used rail and motor routes. IMP.
Bodie (/ ˈboʊdiː / BOH-dee) is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States. It is about 75 miles (121 km) southeast of Lake Tahoe, and 12 mi (19 km) east-southeast of Bridgeport, [6] at an elevation of 8,379 feet (2554 m). [1]
7 ft (2 m) Drawbridge (formerly Saline City) [2] is a ghost town [3] with an abandoned railroad station located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay, next to Station Island, now a part of the city of Fremont, California, United States. It is located on the Union Pacific Railroad 6 miles (10 km) south of downtown Fremont, [2] at an ...
Alma is a ghost town and drowned town in Santa Clara County in California, United States. It lies beneath the waters of the Lexington Reservoir above Los Gatos. The location is latitude 37.18N and longitude 121.98W. It was 551 feet (168 meters) above sea level. [1] There are two different possible origins for the name of the town.
7 ft (2 m) Time zone. UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT) Area code. 707. Wingo is a ghost town [2] located in Sonoma County, California in the United States. It can be found on older maps as a dot along the sloughs of Sonoma Creek, south of Sonoma and Schellville, and west of Buchli.
1660573 [1] Eagle Mountain is a ghost town in the California desert in Riverside County founded in 1948 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. The town is located at the entrance of the now-defunct Eagle Mountain iron mine, once owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad, then Kaiser Steel, and located on the southeastern corner of Joshua Tree National ...
Mono Mills (also, Mono) [2] is a ghost town [3] in Mono County, California. [1] It is located 9.5 miles (15 km) east-southeast of Lee Vining, [2] at an elevation of 7356 feet (2242 m). [1] Mono Mills has nearly vanished. Its site is along California State Route 120, 9.1 miles (15 km) east from the junction with U.S. Route 395.
Holy City, California. Coordinates: 37°09′25″N 121°58′44″W. "Holy City is For Sale". Holy City is an unincorporated community in Santa Clara County, California. Once considered a Utopian community in the 1920s and 1930s, it is now considered a ghost town. [1] The town is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, off State Route 17 on Old ...