Road-trip index
Ghost Towns near Los Angeles
The survey records 820 vanished or historical sites within 100 miles of Los Angeles, CA. Here's what's closest — and which places have full records worth planning a day around.
Charted towns within range
Calico, CA~100 mi
Historic Townsite
A Mojave silver boomtown rebuilt by the founder of Knott's Berry Farm.
Rhyolite, NV~212 mi
Verified Ghost Town
Concrete ruins of a five-year gold boom, minutes from Death Valley.
Closest surveyed sites — records pending
Old Chinatown, CA~0 mi
Edendale, CA~3 mi
Sibagna, CA~8 mi
Savannah, CA~10 mi
Bartolo, CA~12 mi
Machado, CA~13 mi
Clayton, CA~13 mi
Motordrome, CA~13 mi
Evergreen, CA~13 mi
Palisades Del Rey, CA~14 mi
Every one of these is on the national atlas map — zoom into the Los Angeles area to see them in place.