3 Must See Ghost Towns in California & A Nevada Ghost Town Road Trip

How Many Ghost Towns Are in California? More than 300 of them remain in some form or another. Many of them are popular tourist attractions. Check out the must see Ghost Towns in California. ✅ Explore Great Death Valley Salt Flats Boondocking Tips https://ourbigescape.com/10-great-death-valley-salt-flats-boondocking-tips/ ✅ Learn more about Amazing Death Valley Ghost Town Video https://ourbigescape.com/3-stop-amazing-death-valley-ghost-town-video/ 🔴 Subscribe to OurBigEscape Channel for more videos just like this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCui8qQuvNXnj5ssL5Y9nDuA?sub_confirmation=1 ✅ Want to know about 5 Great Tips to Nevada Gold Mine & Ghost Towns https://ourbigescape.com/5-great-tips-to-nevada-gold-mine-ghost-towns/ Are There Any Ghost Towns Near Las Vegas? There are 8 Las Vegas Nevada ghost towns a bone's throw away. Makes a great Nevada Ghost Town road trip. Are there any Nevada Ghost Town Tours? VIP Ghost Town, Gold Mine, Hoover Dam Small Group Tour from Las Vegas, are a few of the Nevada Ghost Towns Near Las Vegas. What is the Closest Ghost Town to Las Vegas? Nelson, Nevada Ghost Town is one of the easiest to visit – and most photogenic. Located just 45 miles outside of the city Is There a Travel Nevada Ghost Towns tour? There is a tour that covers Nevada Ghost Towns near Las Vegas and also combines several must-see sights outside of Las Vegas —Red Rock Canyon, Techatticup Mine, the Hoover Dam, and Nelson's Ghost Town— on a single tour. They cover some cool Nevada Ghost Towns. If you are up to exploring Nevada Ghost Towns, here are 3 of the Best Ghost Towns to Visit in Nevada. They cover scary ghost towns in Nevada and the best ghost towns of Nevada. 1874: Panamint City, one of these old Nevada Ghost Towns, was called the toughest, rawest, most hard-boiled little hellhole that ever passed for a civilized town. Its founders were outlaws who, while hiding from the law in the Panamint Mountains, found silver in Surprise Canyon and gave up their life of crime. In 1874 the town was at the height of its boom with a population of 2,000 citizens. By the fall of 1875 the boom was over, and in 1876 a flash flood destroyed most of the town. Mining in the area continued on a sporadic basis up until recent times. The ruins of old Panamint City were added to Death Valley National Park in October of 1994. 1905: Another of the Ghost Towns is Rhyolite, the "Queen City". It was the largest town in the Death Valley area with a population of 5,000-10,000 people. During its heyday, from 1905-1911, it contained 2 churches, 50 saloons, 18 stores, 2 undertakers, 19 lodging houses, 8 doctors, 2 dentists, a stock exchange and an opera. The town contains numerous ruins including the Bottle House, Senator W.A. Clark's train depot, remains of a 3-story bank building, and the jail. It is on BLM land and is accessible by passenger car. Rhyolite is located 4 miles west of Beatty and 35 miles from the Furnace Creek Visitor Center. 1906: Skidoo was founded in 1906 when two prospectors, on their way to the Harrisburg strike, found gold. The town reached a population of 700 and became famous as the site of the only hanging to take place in Death Valley. It occurred when Hootch Simpson, a saloon owner who had fallen on hard times, tried to rob the bank, was foiled in the attempt, and later went back and killed the owner of the store in which the bank was located. During the night the townspeople hanged Hootch. According to legend, he was hanged twice. The second hanging was to accommodate news photographers who missed the first hanging. No one was ever arrested for the hanging. Skidoo is located off the Wildrose road on an unpaved high-clearance road not recommended for automobiles. Nothing remains of the actual townsite. One of the FAQ's we get a lot is "How Much Do Ghost Towns Cost ? 1. Woodside, Utah -- For sale. Last listed for $3.9 million. 2. 6000 W Spring Canyon Rd, Helper, Utah -- 154 acres -- For sale. Price: $199,000 3. Millican, Oregon -- 74 acres -- For sale. Last listed at $1.5 million 4. Forest Service Rd #295 Saint Elmo, Colorado -- 4.14 acres -- For sale. Listed at $84,900 5. Swett, South Dakota -- 6 acres -- For sale. Price: $250,000 No matter where you live, just get on a search engine like Google and type: "top 10 ghost towns in the world", "top 10 scariest ghost towns in the world", or "real ghost towns near me". Your adventure awaits you. ~~~ Social Media ~~~ 👥 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ARoadtoTravel/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/aroadtotravel 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ourbigescape/ P Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ourbigescape