Road-trip index
Ghost Towns near New York
The survey records 1,594 vanished or historical sites within 100 miles of New York, NY. Here's what's closest — and which places have full records worth planning a day around.
Charted towns within range
Historic Townsite
'The Deserted Village' — a mill town, then a resort, preserved in the Watchung woods.
Vanished Place
A 350-person hamlet the state emptied for a ski resort that never came.
Historic Townsite
A Delaware Valley farm village emptied for a dam that was never built.
Historic Townsite
The Pine Barrens iron town that armed Washington's army.
Vanished Place
Connecticut's most infamous 'cursed' hamlet — closed to all visitors, full stop.
Verified Ghost Town
A Schuylkill Canal hamlet emptied in the shadow of a cooling tower.
Closest surveyed sites — records pending
Every one of these is on the national atlas map — zoom into the New York area to see them in place.