CA Ghost Towns
Latest posts: - Bonnie Claire - Aguereberry Camp /Eureka Mine /Harrisburg - Goldfield - Rhyolite - Carrara: Elizalde Plant - Wingo - Perky: RIP Bat Tower
Bonnie Claire
This was is unexpected find - I saw the name of the town on the Google maps, but there were no photos and I thought it will be enother empty field covered with desert greasewood. Was glad to find much more than that.
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Aguereberry Camp /Eureka Mine /Harrisburg
I had a very busy day in Death Valley exploring as many ghost towns I could get in one day. Ballarat and other well-known ones were seen last year. so this time I decided to go off the main path. In the end of the day I had ambitious plan to see Skidoo, Aguereberry Camp and Eureka Mine. It was March, so daylight was not as long as I would like. So I had last 30 min of the daylight and then some unknown amount of dusk time. Visited Skidoo first and then rushed to Aguereberry Camp. Got there just in time to make some photos after the sun went down, but found myself still wondering the hills when it became dark. really dark. I can say it was the spookiest moment in all my ghost towns exploration, as there were no people around. The last photo in this post shows the bright moon and it appears much less dark than I remember it was around.
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Goldfield
Goldfield is an unincorporated community and the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States. According to the latest census in 2010 the population of the town is 268 people.
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Rhyolite
I have planned to visit rhyolite for several years, but. unfortunately, it was always too far from the routes I made. This time ghost towns were my focus, so one of the first ones I added to the trip list was Rhyolite.
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Carrara: Elizalde Plant
Initially I planned to visit Carrara town site, but the ruins I found were not the town itself - it was built later concrete plant. Carrara had a unique difference from mining town I visited before - it had no golden or silver mine, as the whole focus was on marble quarry that they had there.
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Wingo
Wingo is the only one left ghost town near/in Bay area apart from Drawbridge. You can’t legally get to Drawbridge without trespassing, so I can say Wingo is the only ghost town with some remaining houses you can see Bay Area.
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Perky: RIP Bat Tower
One of the few “ghost town” listed locations in Monroe county immediately got my attention. I decided to visit Perky during a short trip to the keys.