Ghost Towns in Utah

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Cisco

Grand County • Est. 1883

Cisco was a railroad water stop that became a film location for 'Thelma and Louise' and 'Vanishing Point.' Right off I-70, the abandoned buildings are...

Frisco

Beaver County • Est. 1875

Frisco was called the 'Wickedest Town in the West'—23 saloons and a man killed every night (or so they claimed). The Horn Silver Mine produced over $6...

Grafton

Washington County • Est. 1859

Grafton is one of the most photographed ghost towns in the West—and where the 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' bicycle scene from Butch Cassidy and...

Promontory

Box Elder County • Est. 1869

Promontory is where the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed—the Golden Spike was driven on May 10, 1869, uniting America. But the town that ...

Sego

Grand County • Est. 1910

Sego was a coal mining town in a canyon famous for ancient rock art. After the coal ran out, Sego was abandoned. The petroglyphs and pictographs remai...

Sego

Grand County • Est. 1910

Sego was a coal mining town that operated from 1910 to 1955. The stone buildings are remarkably well-preserved, and nearby Sego Canyon features outsta...

Silver Reef

Washington County • Est. 1866

Silver Reef was the ONLY place in the world where silver was found in sandstone—a geological impossibility according to the science of the time. At pe...

Thistle

Utah County • Est. 1883

Thistle was a railroad junction town in Spanish Fork Canyon. In April 1983, after a wet winter, a massive landslide blocked the canyon, creating a lak...