Panamint City, California - Wikipedia
Panamint City is a ghost town in the Panamint Range, near Death Valley, in Inyo County, California, US. It is also known by the official Board of Geographic Names as Panamint. [2] Panamint was a boom town founded after silver and copper were found there in 1872. [3] By 1874, the town had a population of about 2,000. [3]
Panamint City California Ghost Town - The Abandoned Places
Panamint City represents the rise and fall of many Old West mining towns, where fortunes were made and lost, leaving behind a ghostly remnant of history amidst one of the harshest environments in the U.S.
Death Valley Ghost Towns - U.S. National Park Service
2021年10月1日 · Panamint City 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.
Path to Panamint City: A Hiking Quest for a Death Valley Ghost Town
Panamint City is a ghost town deep in the Panamint Mountains of Death Valley. It’s historic, well preserved, and hard to reach. More than 130 years after the city’s peak as a silver boomtown, it looks a lot like a post-modern apocalyptic summer camp.
Panamint City, California – A Hard-Broiled Hellhole
The once thriving town of Panamint City is a true California ghost town, only accessible via a five mile hike in Death Valley National Park.
Panamint City, California Ghost Town - United States Ghost Towns
Panamint City, a once-thriving silver and copper mining town, now stands as a well-preserved California ghost town hidden deep within the desolate landscape of Death Valley National Park.
Panamint City California – Inyo County Ghost Town
2019年9月15日 · Panamint City California is a ghost town and silver mine site located in Inyo County. The town site was built in Surprise canyon in the Panamint Mountain Range which is now located within Death Valley National Monument. Currently, the town is only accessible to hikers.
Panamint City, California Ghost Town - United States Ghost Towns
Current Status: Panamint City is considered a ghost town, with no permanent residents. It is part of Death Valley National Park, drawing hikers and history buffs interested in exploring its storied past and rugged terrain.
Panamint City: Camping in a Remote Ghost Town
Panamint City isn’t your run of the mill roadside ghost town tourist attraction. It’s located in a remote section of the Panamint Range and requires a strenuous hike to reach it, but that’s half the fun!
Panamint City - California Ghost Town
Founded in 1873,74, Panamint City had many mills, saloons, stores, a red light district, a cemetery - all built along the uppermost end of the Surprise Canyon. Panamint City was regarded as a "bad and wicked" town, with Death Valley on one end of town and the Panamint Mountains on the other end.