Wild West
Ghost towns
Bodie, Oatman, Centralia: abandoned places from the gold rush, mining and Route 66 – some preserved as state parks, some only ruins.
- 40
- ghost towns in this area
- 1
- states/provinces with entries
- 1841
- oldest founded
By state
Texas 40
Ghost town
Preston
Ghost town
Praha
Foto: The original uploader was Aida at Czech Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Independence
Ghost town
Langtry
Foto: No machine-readable author provided. Brownings assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Allamoore
Ghost town
Crisp
Ghost town
Fairy
Ghost town
Telico
Ghost town
Chalk Mountain
Ghost town
Justiceburg
Foto: No machine-readable author provided. Nach0king assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ghost town
Adkins
Ghost town
Pleasant Hill
Ghost town
Fort McKavett
Ghost town
Grapetown
Ghost town
Blumenthal
Ghost town
Jot Em Down
Ghost town
Marysville
Ghost town
Plata
Good to know
- Many ghost towns are on gravel roads – check whether your rental car is allowed there.
- Bring enough water and fuel: there is often no gas station or signal for hours.
- Don’t enter ruins or mines – they can collapse. Take nothing: it is prohibited in state parks.
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