List of ghost towns in California

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.

Classification

Barren site

  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Only remnants of structures left
  • Reverted to pasture

Neglected site

  • Only rubble left
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Abandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses all abandoned
  • No population, except caretaker
  • Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store

Semiabandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • few residents
  • many abandoned buildings
  • Small population

List

Town Other names County Latitude/Longitude Founded Abandoned Status Remarks
Agua Fria Mariposa 37°29′06″N 120°01′13″W / 37.48500°N 120.02028°W / 37.48500; -120.02028 1850 1862[1] Barren[2] Truly was abandoned after a fire burnt down the town in 1866.
Agua Mansa San Bernardino 34°02′31″N 117°21′50″W / 34.04194°N 117.36389°W / 34.04194; -117.36389 1853 After 1862[3] Barren[4] Declined slowly after the Great Flood of 1862.[3]
Alma Lexington[5] Santa Clara 37°10′48″N 121°58′48″W / 37.18000°N 121.98000°W / 37.18000; -121.98000 1861 1952 Submerged Already declined to less than 100 residents, Alma was demolished during the 1952 construction of the James J. Lenihan Dam. Currently the few remaining structures are underneath the Lexington Reservoir and can only be seen during low water levels.[6]
Amboy San Bernardino 34°33′25″N 115°44′42″W / 34.55694°N 115.74500°W / 34.55694; -115.74500 1858 N/A Semiabandoned declined slowly from the opening of Interstate 40
Ashford Mill Inyo 35°55′08″N 116°41′05″W / 35.91889°N 116.68472°W / 35.91889; -116.68472 1914 unknown Neglected
Ash Hill San Bernardino 34°42′25″N 116°03′18″W / 34.70694°N 116.05500°W / 34.70694; -116.05500 unknown unknown Neglected
Asphalto La Brea Kern 35°18′17″N 119°36′03″W / 35.30472°N 119.60083°W / 35.30472; -119.60083 Before 1893 1932 Barren
Atolia San Bernardino 35°18′53″N 117°36′33″W / 35.31472°N 117.60917°W / 35.31472; -117.60917 1906 After 1965 Abandoned
Bagdad San Bernardino 34°34′58″N 115°52′32″W / 34.58278°N 115.87556°W / 34.58278; -115.87556 1883 1973 Barren[7] Abandoned due to opening of Interstate 40
Ballarat Inyo 36°02′52″N 117°13′24″W / 36.04778°N 117.22333°W / 36.04778; -117.22333 1897 1968 Neglected The Manson Family left graffiti here. The town became abandoned after its sole resident, who had been living there alone for five decades, died
Beeks Place Orange 33°49′14″N 117°38′20″W / 33.82049°N 117.63878°W / 33.82049; -117.63878 Before 1940 unknown Abandoned
Belleville San Bernardino 34°18′4″N 116°53′3″W / 34.30111°N 116.88417°W / 34.30111; -116.88417 1860 Before 1900 Abandoned Slowly declined after gold deposits in the region dried up
Bennettville Tioga Mono 37°56′15″N 119°15′38″W / 37.93750°N 119.26056°W / 37.93750; -119.26056 1860 1890 Abandoned Abandoned after not enough silver was found in the region
Bend City Inyo 36°49′09″N 118°07′50″W / 36.81917°N 118.13056°W / 36.81917; -118.13056 1863 After 1872 Abandoned the 1872 Owens Valley Earthquake caused the Owens River to flow away from the town, driving the last remaining residents out
Bestville Siskiyou 41°18′03″N 123°08′35″W / 41.3007°N 123.1431°W / 41.3007; -123.1431 1850 unknown Barren
Blue Mountain City Calaveras 38°22′15″N 120°21′59″W / 38.37080°N 120.36642°W / 38.37080; -120.36642 1863 unknown Barren
Bodie Mono 38°12′44″N 119°00′44″W / 38.21222°N 119.01222°W / 38.21222; -119.01222 1876 N/A Semiabandoned Declined slowly from mining profits decreasing since 1914
Branson City Branson San Diego 33°04′41″N 116°37′02″W / 33.07806°N 116.61722°W / 33.07806; -116.61722 1870 unknown Abandoned Abandoned due to not being able to compete with nearby Julian
Cadiz San Bernardino 34°31′12″N 115°30′46″W / 34.52000°N 115.51278°W / 34.52000; -115.51278 1883 unknown Neglected
Calico San Bernardino 34°56′56″N 116°51′51″W / 34.94889°N 116.86417°W / 34.94889; -116.86417 1881 1907 Abandoned [8] Abandoned due to an end to borax mining in the region
Camanche Clay's Bar Calaveras 38°12′48″N 120°56′07″W / 38.21333°N 120.93528°W / 38.21333; -120.93528 Before 1849 After 1962 Submerged Inundated by Camanche Reservoir
Canon City [1] Trinity 40°49′53″N 123°03′10″W / 40.83139°N 123.05278°W / 40.83139; -123.05278 1851 1891 Barren
Carnegie San Joaquin 37°37′46″N 121°31′41″W / 37.62951°N 121.52797°W / 37.62951; -121.52797 1902 1915 Neglected Slowly declined after a flood in 1911 destroyed many roads and buildings
Carson Hill Slumgullion Calaveras 38°01′42″N 120°30′24″W / 38.02833°N 120.50667°W / 38.02833; -120.50667 Before 1853 1935 Abandoned
Cement Solano 38°17′34″N 121°59′46″W / 38.29278°N 121.99611°W / 38.29278; -121.99611 1902 1927 Neglected Slowly declined after limestone deposits in the region were depleted
Cerro Gordo Inyo 36°32.2626′N 117°47.70186′W / 36.5377100°N 117.79503100°W / 36.5377100; -117.79503100 1866 N/A Semiabandoned One man has been living here since 2020 after everyone else left
Chinquapin Chincapin Mariposa 37°39′00″N 119°42′19″W / 37.65000°N 119.70528°W / 37.65000; -119.70528 1882 N/A Semiabandoned Still used as a rest stop and ranger station within Yosemite National Park
Chloride City Inyo 36°42′24″N 116°52′56″W / 36.70667°N 116.88222°W / 36.70667; -116.88222 1905 unknown Neglected
Chrysopolis Inyo 36°57′38″N 118°11′48″W / 36.96056°N 118.19667°W / 36.96056; -118.19667 1863 1910 Neglected Abandoned after a mining boom in the region started in 1900 went away
Coleman City Emily City San Diego 33°05′10″N 116°38′42″W / 33.08611°N 116.64500°W / 33.08611; -116.64500 1870 unknown Abandoned Abandoned after depletion of gold deposits in the region
Coso Granite Springs Inyo 36°10′36″N 117°38′49″W / 36.17667°N 117.64694°W / 36.17667; -117.64694 1860 unknown Barren
Cox & Clark Trading Post Kings 35°58′08″N 119°56′21″W / 35.96898°N 119.93929°W / 35.96898; -119.93929 1870 unknown Barren
Cuyamaca City ’Ekwiiyemak San Diego 32°59′05″N 116°34′15″W / 32.98472°N 116.57083°W / 32.98472; -116.57083 1887 1906 Abandoned
Deadwood Placer 39°04′50″N 120°41′22″W / 39.08056°N 120.68944°W / 39.08056; -120.68944 1852 unknown Abandoned
Deadwood Trinity 40°43′10″N 122°44′01″W / 40.71944°N 122.73361°W / 40.71944; -122.73361 1851 1915 Abandoned Abandoned with the closing of the town's post office
Dedrick Trinity 40°51′46″N 123°02′12″W / 40.86278°N 123.03667°W / 40.86278; -123.03667 1890 After 1941 Abandoned
Denny Trinity 40°56′38″N 123°23′12″W / 40.94389°N 123.38667°W / 40.94389; -123.38667 After 1851 After 1970 Abandoned
Desert Spring Kern 35°16′20″N 118°37′34″W / 35.27222°N 118.62611°W / 35.27222; -118.62611 Before 1834 After 1850 Barren
Dogtown Dogtown Diggings Mono 38°10′13″N 119°11′51″W / 38.17028°N 119.19750°W / 38.17028; -119.19750 1857 After 1859 Barren
Drawbridge Saline City Alameda 37°27′54″N 121°58′28″W / 37.46500°N 121.97444°W / 37.46500; -121.97444 1876 1979 Abandoned Population slowly declined due to the closing of nearby bridges and rampant vandalism in the town
Dunmovin Cowan Station Inyo 36°05′19″N 117°57′40″W / 36.08861°N 117.96111°W / 36.08861; -117.96111 Before 1936 N/A Semiabandoned
Eagle Mountain Riverside 33°51′27″N 115°29′14″W / 33.85750°N 115.48722°W / 33.85750; -115.48722 1948 2003 Abandoned A jailbreak at the Eagle Mountain Community Correctional Facility caused the prison to be shut down and the last population of the town to leave
Eastwood San Diego 33°05′15″N 116°36′40″W / 33.08750°N 116.61111°W / 33.08750; -116.61111 unknown unknown Barren
Eldoradoville Los Angeles 34°13′47″N 117°46′11″W / 34.2297°N 117.7698°W / 34.2297; -117.7698 1859 1862 Barren Town was washed away during the Great Flood Of 1862
Elliott San Joaquin 38°14′05″N 121°10′51″W / 38.23472°N 121.18083°W / 38.23472; -121.18083 1846[9] After 1901 Abandoned
Empire City Stanislaus 37°38.239′N 120°54.167′W / 37.637317°N 120.902783°W / 37.637317; -120.902783 1850 1862 Barren Town was washed away during the Great Flood Of 1862
Essex San Bernardino 34°44′01″N 115°14′42″W / 34.73361°N 115.24500°W / 34.73361; -115.24500 Before 1937 N/A Semiabandoned Declined slowly due to the opening of Interstate 40 as well as the remoteness of the town
Falk Humboldt
Fountain Springs Tulare 35°53′28″N 118°54′56″W / 35.891111°N 118.915556°W / 35.891111; -118.915556
Freeman Junction Kern 35°36′06″N 117°54′11″W / 35.60166°N 117.90295°W / 35.60166; -117.90295
Fremont Valley Calaveras
French Flat Tuolumne 37°58′20″N 120°28′17″W / 37.97222°N 120.47139°W / 37.97222; -120.47139
Furnace Inyo 36°11′29″N 116°39′54″W / 36.19133°N 116.66495°W / 36.19133; -116.66495
Furnace Creek Inn Inyo 36°27′02″N 116°51′08″W / 36.45056°N 116.85222°W / 36.45056; -116.85222
Garlock Kern 35°24′09″N 117°47′24″W / 35.40250°N 117.79000°W / 35.40250; -117.79000
Gas Point Shasta 40°24′56″N 122°32′04″W / 40.41556°N 122.53444°W / 40.41556; -122.53444
Gibsonville Sierra 39°44′25″N 120°54′32″W / 39.74028°N 120.90889°W / 39.74028; -120.90889
Girard Kern
Glenburn Kern 43°38′19″N 116°14′28″W / 43.63861°N 116.24111°W / 43.63861; -116.24111
Goffs San Bernardino 34°55′09″N 115°03′46″W / 34.91917°N 115.06278°W / 34.91917; -115.06278
Gold Town Kern 35°00′06″N 118°10′08″W / 35.00167°N 118.16889°W / 35.00167; -118.16889
Goler Heights Kern 35°25′37″N 117°44′45″W / 35.42694°N 117.74583°W / 35.42694; -117.74583
Greasertown Calaveras 38°11′28″N 120°45′15″W / 38.19113°N 120.75407°W / 38.19113; -120.75407
Greenwater Inyo 36°10′46″N 116°36′59″W / 36.17944°N 116.61639°W / 36.17944; -116.61639
Greenwich Kern
Gerstley Inyo 36°00′43″N 116°16′28″W / 36.01190°N 116.27456°W / 36.01190; -116.27456
Grub Gulch Madera 37°19′29″N 119°46′15″W / 37.32472°N 119.77083°W / 37.32472; -119.77083
Gullion's Bar Siskiyou 41°17′48″N 123°21′36″W / 41.29667°N 123.36000°W / 41.29667; -123.36000
Haiwee Inyo 36°08′48″N 117°58′33″W / 36.14667°N 117.97583°W / 36.14667; -117.97583
Hamilton Butte 39°27′09″N 121°38′28″W / 39.45254°N 121.64108°W / 39.45254; -121.64108
Hart San Bernardino 35°17′20″N 115°06′12″W / 35.28889°N 115.10333°W / 35.28889; -115.10333
Hatfields Camp[2] Kern 35°28′26″N 117°52′06″W / 35.47389°N 117.86833°W / 35.47389; -117.86833
Hector San Bernardino 34°48′13″N 116°27′08″W / 34.80361°N 116.45222°W / 34.80361; -116.45222 around 1937 unknown Semiabandoned
Helena Trinity 40°46′25″N 123°07′42″W / 40.77361°N 123.12833°W / 40.77361; -123.12833
Hoboken Sacramento 38°33′28″N 121°25′04″W / 38.55778°N 121.41778°W / 38.55778; -121.41778
Hodson Calaveras 37°59′48″N 120°41′08″W / 37.99667°N 120.68556°W / 37.99667; -120.68556
Hokokwito Mariposa 37°45′30″N 119°35′43″W / 37.75833°N 119.59528°W / 37.75833; -119.59528
Holy City Santa Clara 37°09′25″N 121°58′44″W / 37.1568904°N 121.9788476°W / 37.1568904; -121.9788476
Horseshoe Bend Mariposa 37°40′41″N 120°13′52″W / 37.67794°N 120.23101°W / 37.67794; -120.23101
Hollands Los Angeles [10]
Igo Shasta 40°30′20″N 122°32′30″W / 40.505556°N 122.541667°W / 40.505556; -122.541667
Independence Flat Calaveras
Indian Gulch Mariposa 37°26′22″N 120°11′49″W / 37.43944°N 120.19694°W / 37.43944; -120.19694
Indian Springs Kern
Iowa Hill Placer 39°06′31″N 120°51′34″W / 39.10861°N 120.85944°W / 39.10861; -120.85944
Isabella Kern 35°39′20″N 118°27′40″W / 35.65556°N 118.46111°W / 35.65556; -118.46111
Ivanpah San Bernardino 35°32′42″N 115°32′07″W / 35.54500°N 115.53528°W / 35.54500; -115.53528
Jaeger City Imperial 32°43′52″N 114°37′47″W / 32.73111°N 114.62972°W / 32.73111; -114.62972
Joe Walker Town Kern 35°25′20″N 118°29′35″W / 35.42222°N 118.49306°W / 35.42222; -118.49306
Joyfull Kern
Kasson Inyo
Kern River Slough Kern 35°15′35″N 118°58′03″W / 35.25972°N 118.96750°W / 35.25972; -118.96750
Kernvale Kern
Kernville Kern 35°42′51″N 118°26′12″W / 35.71417°N 118.43667°W / 35.71417; -118.43667
Kearsarge Inyo 36°48′36″N 118°19′30″W / 36.81000°N 118.32500°W / 36.81000; -118.32500
Keeler Inyo 36°29′14″N 117°52′26″W / 36.48722°N 117.87389°W / 36.48722; -117.87389
Kelso San Bernardino 35°00′45″N 115°39′13″W / 35.01250°N 115.65361°W / 35.01250; -115.65361
Kingston Kings 36°25′25″N 119°41′38″W / 36.42361°N 119.69389°W / 36.42361; -119.69389
Kumaini Mariposa
La Panza San Luis Obispo 35°21′40″N 120°12′56″W / 35.36111°N 120.21556°W / 35.36111; -120.21556
Langdon Kern
Lavers' Crossing Kern 35°44′12″N 118°43′16″W / 35.73667°N 118.72111°W / 35.73667; -118.72111
Leadfield Inyo 36°50′48″N 117°03′33″W / 36.84667°N 117.05917°W / 36.84667; -117.05917
Lee Inyo 36°34′46″N 116°40′12″W / 36.57944°N 116.67000°W / 36.57944; -116.67000
Lee Camp[3] Kern
Leliter Kern 35°42′38″N 117°49′49″W / 35.71056°N 117.83028°W / 35.71056; -117.83028
Leon Riverside 33°39′09″N 117°08′08″W / 33.65250°N 117.13556°W / 33.65250; -117.13556
Lexington Santa Clara 37°11′47″N 121°59′18″W / 37.19639°N 121.98833°W / 37.19639; -121.98833
Liberty San Joaquin
Linda Rosa Riverside
Lila C Inyo 36°14′36″N 116°29′56″W / 36.24333°N 116.49889°W / 36.24333; -116.49889
Lillis Fresno 36°26′18″N 119°43′03″W / 36.43833°N 119.71750°W / 36.43833; -119.71750
Little Cienega La Cienega, Falling Springs Los Angeles 34°18′06″N 117°50′21″W / 34.30167°N 117.83917°W / 34.30167; -117.83917 before 1934 after 1998 Barren Former resort town most recently occupied by a religious group. Remnants mostly destroyed by the Curve Fire.
Llano del Rio Los Angeles 34°30′23″N 117°49′38″W / 34.50639°N 117.82722°W / 34.50639; -117.82722
Lone Pine Station Inyo
Lookout City Inyo 36°14′45″N 117°26′05″W / 36.24583°N 117.43472°W / 36.24583; -117.43472
Lower Calaveritas Calaveras
Ludlow San Bernardino 34°43′16″N 116°09′36″W / 34.72111°N 116.16000°W / 34.72111; -116.16000
Lyons Station Los Angeles 34°21′46″N 118°30′27″W / 34.36270°N 118.50740°W / 34.36270; -118.50740
Macheto Mariposa
Mammoth City Mono
Manchester Monterey
Manzanar Inyo 36°44′24″N 118°04′50″W / 36.74000°N 118.08056°W / 36.74000; -118.08056
Martensdale Kern
Martinez Tuolumne County 38°01′24″N 120°22′47″W / 38.02333°N 120.37972°W / 38.02333; -120.37972
Masonic Mono 38°21′45″N 119°06′45″W / 38.36250°N 119.11250°W / 38.36250; -119.11250
Melones Calaveras 38°00′45″N 120°29′55″W / 38.01250°N 120.49861°W / 38.01250; -120.49861
Mentryville Los Angeles 34°22′44″N 118°36′40″W / 34.379°N 118.611°W / 34.379; -118.611
Merced Falls Merced 37°31′23″N 120°19′57″W / 37.52306°N 120.33250°W / 37.52306; -120.33250
Mercuryville Sonoma 38°46′34″N 122°50′22″W / 38.77611°N 122.83944°W / 38.77611; -122.83944
Midland Riverside 33°51′40″N 114°48′08″W / 33.86111°N 114.80222°W / 33.86111; -114.80222
Midway Kern
Mill Valley Calaveras
Minear Mariposa
Minersville Trinity 40°51′05″N 122°46′59″W / 40.85139°N 122.78306°W / 40.85139; -122.78306
Mount Ophir Mariposa 37°30′53″N 120°03′53″W / 37.51472°N 120.06472°W / 37.51472; -120.06472
Miramonte Kern
Mono Mills Mono 37°53′15″N 118°57′34″W / 37.88750°N 118.95944°W / 37.88750; -118.95944
Monterio Kern
Moore's Flat Nevada
Mormon Island Sacramento 38°42′13″N 121°07′03″W / 38.7035°N 121.1174°W / 38.7035; -121.1174 1848 1856 Submerged
Mountain House Kern 35°41′31″N 118°55′03″W / 35.69186°N 118.91759°W / 35.69186; -118.91759
Muroc Kern 34°55′23″N 117°52′20″W / 34.92306°N 117.87222°W / 34.92306; -117.87222
Narka Inyo 35°53′52″N 117°54′04″W / 35.89778°N 117.90111°W / 35.89778; -117.90111
Negro Flat Siskiyou 41°14′31″N 123°16′51″W / 41.24194°N 123.28084°W / 41.24194; -123.28084
Neuralia Inyo
New Almaden Santa Clara 37°10′48″N 121°50′08″W / 37.18000°N 121.83556°W / 37.18000; -121.83556
New Idria San Benito 36°25′1″N 120°40′28″W / 36.41694°N 120.67444°W / 36.41694; -120.67444
Newtown Mariposa 37°42′12″N 120°11′31″W / 37.70333°N 120.19194°W / 37.70333; -120.19194
Noonday Camp Inyo 35°48′39″N 116°06′15″W / 35.81083°N 116.10417°W / 35.81083; -116.10417
Norristown Sacramento 38°33′28″N 121°25′04″W / 38.55778°N 121.41778°W / 38.55778; -121.41778
North Muroc Kern 35°00′18″N 117°49′08″W / 35.00500°N 117.81889°W / 35.00500; -117.81889
North Shore Riverside 33°30′46″N 115°55′38″W / 33.51278°N 115.92722°W / 33.51278; -115.92722
Nortonville Contra Costa 37°57′28″N 121°52′50″W / 37.95778°N 121.88056°W / 37.95778; -121.88056
Notomidula Mariposa
Olig Kern 35°19′30″N 119°39′23″W / 35.32500°N 119.65639°W / 35.32500; -119.65639
Oregon Bar Calaveras
Oregon City Butte 39°35′38″N 121°31′46″W / 39.59389°N 121.52944°W / 39.59389; -121.52944
Owensville Inyo 37°24′03″N 118°20′44″W / 37.40083°N 118.34556°W / 37.40083; -118.34556
Packwood Station Tulare
Panamint City Inyo 36°07′06″N 117°05′43″W / 36.11833°N 117.09528°W / 36.11833; -117.09528
Pasinogna San Bernardino 33°59′24″N 117°43′03″W / 33.99000°N 117.71750°W / 33.99000; -117.71750
Patchen Santa Clara
Petersburg Kern 35°36′09″N 118°36′13″W / 35.60250°N 118.60361°W / 35.60250; -118.60361
Petroleopolis Los Angeles
Picacho Imperial 33°01′23″N 114°36′40″W / 33.02306°N 114.61111°W / 33.02306; -114.61111
Pinacate Riverside 33°45′36″N 117°14′00″W / 33.76000°N 117.23333°W / 33.76000; -117.23333
Piute Kern
Politana San Bernardino
Port Chicago Contra Costa 38°02′46″N 122°01′15″W / 38.04611°N 122.02083°W / 38.04611; -122.02083
Port Wine Sierra
Prado San Bernardino
Prairie City Sacramento
Providence San Bernardino 34°58′49″N 115°30′19″W / 34.98028°N 115.50528°W / 34.98028; -115.50528
Purissima San Mateo 37°24′11″N 122°25′01″W / 37.40306°N 122.41694°W / 37.40306; -122.41694 1868 early 1900’s Barren Declined slowly due to declined of Redwood Lumber industry, and failure of the Ocean Shore Railroad
Pylema Kern
Quartzburg Kern
Quartzburg Mariposa 37°32′22″N 120°12′16″W / 37.53944°N 120.20444°W / 37.53944; -120.20444
Ragtown San Bernardino 34°39′36″N 116°09′03″W / 34.66000°N 116.15083°W / 34.66000; -116.15083 after 1898 unknown Barren
Rincon San Bernardino
Reefer City Kern 35°00′21″N 118°11′06″W / 35.00583°N 118.18500°W / 35.00583; -118.18500
Reilly Inyo 36°00′25″N 117°22′08″W / 36.00694°N 117.36889°W / 36.00694; -117.36889
Rice San Bernardino 34°05′01″N 114°50′59″W / 34.08361°N 114.84972°W / 34.08361; -114.84972
Ridleys Ferry Mariposa
Rincon San Bernardino
Rio Bravo Kern 35°17′49″N 119°03′24″W / 35.29684°N 119.05678°W / 35.29684; -119.05678
Riverview Kern
Roachville Inyo
Rock Springs Kern
Sablon Rudolph San Bernardino 34°10′29″N 114°59′39″W / 34.17472°N 114.99417°W / 34.17472; -114.99417 1909 unknown Barren
Sage Kern
San Carlos Inyo 36°48′14″N 118°07′34″W / 36.80389°N 118.12611°W / 36.80389; -118.12611 (San Carlos, Inyo County, California)
San Joaquin City San Joaquin 37°40′12″N 121°15′58″W / 37.67000°N 121.26611°W / 37.67000; -121.26611
San Miguel de los Noches Kern
Sakaya Mariposa
Salmon Falls El Dorado 38°45′29″N 121°03′30″W / 38.75806°N 121.05833°W / 38.75806; -121.05833 1850 1950s Submerged California State Historical Marker #571
Saltus San Bernardino 34°32′27″N 115°41′20″W / 34.54083°N 115.68889°W / 34.54083; -115.68889 unknown unknown Abandoned Supported salt evaporation. Notable for an unverified claim to the hottest temperature ever recorded. Sandy Bar Calaveras
Sawmill Flat Tuolumne 38°01′14″N 120°22′51″W / 38.02056°N 120.38083°W / 38.02056; -120.38083
Scheelite Inyo
Schwaub Inyo 36°30′20″N 116°43′25″W / 36.50556°N 116.72361°W / 36.50556; -116.72361
Scovern Hot Springs Kern 35°37′17″N 118°28′27″W / 35.62139°N 118.47417°W / 35.62139; -118.47417
Second Garrotte Tuolumne 37°49′30″N 120°11′51″W / 37.82500°N 120.19750°W / 37.82500; -120.19750
Seneca Plumas 40°06′38″N 121°05′05″W / 40.11056°N 121.08472°W / 40.11056; -121.08472
Shamrock Kern
Shasta Shasta 40°35′32″N 122°28′40″W / 40.59222°N 122.47778°W / 40.59222; -122.47778
Siberia San Bernardino 34°37′36″N 115°59′09″W / 34.62667°N 115.98583°W / 34.62667; -115.98583
Silver Lake San Bernardino 35°22′16″N 116°6′54″W / 35.37111°N 116.11500°W / 35.37111; -116.11500
Skidoo Inyo 36°26′08″N 117°08′51″W / 36.43556°N 117.14750°W / 36.43556; -117.14750
Sloss Mariposa
Smyrna Kern
Sodan Inyo 35°55′16″N 117°54′10″W / 35.92111°N 117.90278°W / 35.92111; -117.90278
Sorrell's Kern
Spanish Bar Calaveras
St. Louis Sierra
Stedman Steadman, Rochester, Copenhagen San Bernardino 34°37′45″N 116°10′13″W / 34.62917°N 116.17028°W / 34.62917; -116.17028 1898 1930s Neglected Abandoned when the Bagdad-Chase Mine went into recievership.
Stickneys Ferry Tulare
Stonewall San Diego
Stony Bar Calaveras
Strader Kern
Strand Kern
Stratton San Diego
Styx San Bernardino 33°52′41″N 114°47′42″W / 33.87806°N 114.79500°W / 33.87806; -114.79500 unknown unknown Semiabandoned
Sullivan Kern
Sunland Inyo 37°19′57″N 118°24′16″W / 37.33250°N 118.40444°W / 37.33250; -118.40444
Sunset Kern
Swansea Inyo 36°31′29″N 117°54′14″W / 36.52472°N 117.90389°W / 36.52472; -117.90389
Taylors Bar Calaveras
Teagle Kern
Tehichipa Kern
Tejon Kern
Telegraph City Grasshopper City Calaveras 37°56′04″N 120°44′24″W / 37.934444°N 120.74°W / 37.934444; -120.74 1860 Neglected
Temescal Riverside
Terese Siding Kern
Terra Cotta Riverside 33°42′11″N 117°22′29″W / 33.70306°N 117.37472°W / 33.70306; -117.37472
Timbuctoo Yuba 39°13′01″N 121°19′07″W / 39.21694°N 121.31861°W / 39.21694; -121.31861
Toolwass Kern
Tumco Imperial
Unadilla Kern
Vaca Adobe Kings 36°03′08″N 119°57′52″W / 36.05222°N 119.96435°W / 36.05222; -119.96435
Vallecito San Diego 32°58′34″N 116°21′01″W / 32.97611°N 116.35028°W / 32.97611; -116.35028
Valley Wells[4] San Bernardino 35°49′42″N 117°19′54″W / 35.82833°N 117.33167°W / 35.82833; -117.33167
Vanderbilt San Bernardino 35°19′38″N 115°14′59″W / 35.32722°N 115.24972°W / 35.32722; -115.24972
Vaughn Kern
Water Station Kern
Wenger Mariposa
Westville Placer 39°10′30″N 120°38′53″W / 39.17500°N 120.64806°W / 39.17500; -120.64806
White Mountain City Inyo
Willard Riverside
Wingo Sonoma 38°12′33″N 122°25′36″W / 38.20917°N 122.42667°W / 38.20917; -122.42667
Winter Garden Kern
Wiskala Mariposa
Woolsey Flat Nevada 39°24′41″N 120°52′05″W / 39.41139°N 120.86806°W / 39.41139; -120.86806
Wrights Santa Clara 37°08′21″N 121°56′49″W / 37.13917°N 121.94694°W / 37.13917; -121.94694
Yaqui Camp Calaveras
You Bet Nevada 39°12′33″N 120°54′00″W / 39.20917°N 120.90000°W / 39.20917; -120.90000 A gold mining town
Zurich Alvord, Station[11] Inyo 37°10′58″N 118°15′36″W / 37.18278°N 118.26000°W / 37.18278; -118.26000

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