Quartzburg California
John and Robert Burns first settled on the site of Quartzburg in 1847. A mining camp known alternatively as Burns’ Creek, Burns’ Camp, Burns’ Ranch, and Burns’ Diggings grew up...
Top Ten Oregon Ghost Towns
Top Ten Oregon Ghost Towns I get asked quite often “Of the three hundred Ghost Towns of Oregon, which ones should I visit?” Golden Golden Oregon is one of the...
Ghost Town of Union (Clackamas County) Oregon
Name: Union (Clackamas County) Class: Uknown GPS: 45.4206764, -122.4137002 Directions: In Damascus, on SE 242nd Avenue where the Deep Creek-Damascus School is now. Description: This town appears on the map...
Uniontown Oregon (Jackson County)
Name: Uniontown (Jackson County) Class: Unknown GPS: 42.1984581,-123.0442105 Directions: From Jacksonville head South West on Highway 238, at 7.7 miles take a left on Upper Applegate Road. The town site...
Wheatridge Washington Ghost Town?
Name: Wheatridge Class: C2 GPS: 47.612325, -118.721406 ? Directions: There are three points of interest that seem to be part of Wheatridge. From Wilbur Washington head 7.8 miles south on...
Telford Washington, Central Washington Agricultural Ghost Town
Name: Telford Class: H2 GPS: 47.694141, -118.407965 Directions: Head west along US Highway 2 from Davenport Washington. At 13 miles take a left on to Telford Road. The town was...
Egan, Oregon’s oldest Ghost Town
Name: Egan Class: G2 GPS: 43.569319, -119.076989 (best guess, see below) Directions: Depending on the source the town is described as “two miles south of Burns,” “brushing shoulders with Hines,”...
Farmer Washington
Name: Farmer Class: C2 GPS: 47.612752, -119.813885 Directions: From Wenatchee head north along US Route 2 which parallels the Columbia River. At the town of Orondo Route 2 takes a...
Wisdom Washington and the Homestead Cemetery
Name: Windom (Lewis County) Class: A1 GPS: 46.412606, -122.638418 Directions: Only accessible during hunting season when Weyerhaeuser opens the roads to the public. The exact location of the “town” is...
Ghost Town of Hite Washington
Name: Hite Class: A2 GPS: 47.664381, -117.778262 Directions: Hite is about about six miles west of Fairchild Air Force Base. Head west along Highway US-2. Take a right onto S...
Mondovi Washington
Name: Mondovi Class: H2 GPS: 47.680481, -118.016129 Directions: From Davenport Washington, head East on Highway 2 for 6.5 miles. Take a left on Bennett Road for a mile. At the...
Socialist Colony of Glennis Washington
Name: Glennis Class: A5 GPS: Unknown Directions: Two different resources have different locations for this one. Trying Home by Justin Wadland[zotpressInText item=”GCZAW7EH” format=”%num%”] says that it’s location was twenty seven...
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