Abandoned Places in California

A cabin with a glowing window is said to appear on Baldy Mesa but cannot be found twice.

Former Los Angeles Nike battery LA-88 on Oat Mountain above Chatsworth, operational 1956–1974.

Remains of streets and foundations displaced by the 1929 Point Fermin landslide in San Pedro.

General Joshua Tree National Park reference for the historic Carey’s Castle miner shelter. Exact location intentionally withheld to protect archaeological resources.

World War II coastal observation/fire-control structure above Devil’s Slide, part of the Harbor Defenses of San Francisco.

1872–1948 light-station complex on Año Nuevo Island, now a protected wildlife preserve with deteriorating historic structures.

General Lake Elsinore reference for the former 1933–1977 Elsinore Naval and Military School campus.

Commercial fishing vessel stranded below Estero Bluffs State Park after a documented 2017 grounding in fog.

Silver City Ghost Town is on OK MAP because it preserves more than twenty mining-era buildings moved to Bodfish from historic Kern Valley settlements and camps that were disappearing or bein

Keeler is on OK MAP as a near-ghost town on the eastern shore of Owens Lake. It once served mining and railroad traffic connected to the Owens Valley and Cerro Gordo region, but declined as

Harrisburg is on OK MAP as a short-lived Death Valley gold-rush settlement founded after Shorty Harris and Pete Aguereberry found gold nearby in 1905. The tent community reportedly reached a

Greenwater is on OK MAP as a deserted Death Valley mining town created during the early-1900s copper rush. Promoters once advertised the district as a major copper camp and thousands of peop

Skidoo is on OK MAP as a documented Death Valley gold-boom ghost town founded after a 1906 discovery. It grew to roughly 700 residents with a bank, newspaper, school and water pipeline, but

Mokelumne City is a documented U.S. ghost town in Mokelumne City, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coo

Sablon is a documented U.S. ghost town in Sablon, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived

Saltus is a documented U.S. ghost town in Saltus, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived

Shasta is a documented U.S. ghost town in Shasta, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived

Siberia is a documented U.S. ghost town in Siberia, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates deriv

Sims is a documented U.S. ghost town in Sims, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived fro

Somersville is a documented U.S. ghost town in Somersville, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinat

Stedman is a documented U.S. ghost town in Stedman, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates deriv

Stewartville is a documented U.S. ghost town in Stewartville, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordin

Termo is a documented U.S. ghost town in Termo, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived f

Terra Cotta is a documented U.S. ghost town in Terra Cotta, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinat

Timbuctoo is a documented U.S. ghost town in Timbuctoo, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates d

Vanderbilt is a documented U.S. ghost town in Vanderbilt, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates

West Hartley is a documented U.S. ghost town in West Hartley, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordin

Whiskeytown is a documented U.S. ghost town in Whiskeytown, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinat

Agua Fria is a documented U.S. ghost town in Agua Fria, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates d

Atolia is a documented U.S. ghost town in Atolia, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived

Bagby is a documented U.S. ghost town in Bagby, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived f

Bagdad is a documented U.S. ghost town in Bagdad, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived

Banner is a documented U.S. ghost town in Banner, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived

Barnwell is a documented U.S. ghost town in Barnwell, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates der

Betteravia is a documented U.S. ghost town in Betteravia, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates

Bodie is a documented U.S. ghost town in Bodie, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived f

Brandy City is a documented U.S. ghost town in Brandy City, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinat

Bridgeport is a documented U.S. ghost town in Bridgeport, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates

Buckeye is a documented U.S. ghost town in Buckeye, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates deriv

Calico is a documented U.S. ghost town in Calico, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived

Caribou is a documented U.S. ghost town in Caribou, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates deriv

Carson Hill is a documented U.S. ghost town in Carson Hill, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinat

Chambless is a documented U.S. ghost town in Chambless, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates d

Cima is a documented U.S. ghost town in Cima, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived fro

Coloma is a documented U.S. ghost town in Coloma, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived

Kelso is a documented U.S. ghost town in Kelso, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates derived f

Cottonwood is a documented U.S. ghost town in Cottonwood, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates

Crucero is a documented U.S. ghost town in Crucero, California, United States. It is on OK MAP because the settlement is classified as a ghost town in the source data, with coordinates deriv