Backpacking Discussions

Does anyone know of any good ghost towns that you have to hike into to access it, especially in Utah? Any info or pictures would be awesome...

I've never done any hiking through any ghost towns, but that sounds really interesting to me! I love history and old things, and that would be so cool to hike to some abondoned mining city in the mountains... I'll try and do some research to find any ghost towns in my area and let you knwo if I find anything!

Do you do any hiking to access ghost towns? I'd bet there are plenty of places from mining operations in Utah you could visit, even though I bet many would be blocked.

Most ghost town are going to be on dirt roads and not on trails unless the roads have grown over. Colorado is chuck full of ghost towns that you can jeep to or hike if you choose. It has been many years but I remember how preserved they were compared to most of the ghost towns in Utah where I live.

Yeah, if I could find a ghost town that was preserved because the road has disappeared, that would be the ultimate! I have been visiting ghost town all my life with my family, but they are all accessible by 4x4s. However, sometimes there is hiking involved and those are the great places to go since they are less visited by the masses. Mostly only by visited by "hardcore" guys that aren't just going there to vandalize and drink.

An awesome site I recently found and spent a lot of time on is www.ghosttowns.com

Well, you could check this site http://www.ghosttowns.com/ghosttownsusa.html

I found it a while back. I forgot I bookmarked it.

Ya I understand what you mean RockRacer. I love exploring ghost towns, but I hate when you come across these awesome sites and there is vandalism and beer cans. There are some great ones that you can just drive to, but there has got to be some amazing, untouched ones that you can hike to! If you find any good ones, let me know!