Arizona Ghost Towns

Articles published by Destination 4x4 which are tagged as ghost towns which can be found in Arizona.

Alamo Crossing, Mohave County Arizona

Alamo Crossing Mohave County Ghost Town

Alamo Crossing is a submerged ghost town hidden beneath the waters of Alamo Lake, Mohave County, Arizona. Alamo Crossing, Mohave County Arizona The town is…
Alto Arizona in 1909

Alto Arizona

Alto Arizona in 1909 Alto, Arizona, stands as a poignant relic of the American Southwest's mining frontier, a once-thriving community in the rugged Santa Rita…
Call's Landing or Callville looking toward the west as it appeared in 1926 - Photo courtesy of R. F. Perkins

Callville Nevada – Colorado River Steamship Landing

Callville Nevada is a ghost town and Colorado River Steamboat port, which is now submerged below the waters of Lake Mead. Bishop Anson Call founded…
Cerbat Arizona in 1870

Cerbat Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Cerbat is a historic mining camp and former town located in the Cerbat Mountains of Mohave County, northwestern Arizona, approximately 9-15 miles northwest of present-day…
Charleston, circa 1885 - Photograph by C. S Fly

Charleston Arizona

Charleston, Arizona, now a ghost town in Cochise County, was a short-lived but vibrant settlement in the Arizona Territory from the late 1870s to the…
Contention City, Arizona, circa 1880. The Contention Mill - twenty-five stamps and thirty men - was one of three stamp mills that reduced the silver ore from the Tombstone mines.

Contention City, Arizona

Contention City (also known simply as Contention) was a short-lived boomtown and ghost town in Cochise County, southeastern Arizona. Located along the banks of the…

Cordes Arizona

Tucked into the rolling hills and arid mesas of central Yavapai County, Arizona—approximately 60 miles north of Phoenix and 8 miles southeast of Mayer—lies the…
Fairbank, c.1890, Ghost Towns of Arizona, by James E. and Barbara H. Sherman, page 54

Fairbank Arizona

Fairbank is a well-preserved ghost town in Cochise County, Arizona, situated along the banks of the San Pedro River in the San Pedro Riparian National…
The Seal of Cochise County, Arizona

Galeyville Arizona

Galeyville, Arizona, was a short-lived silver mining boomtown in the Chiricahua Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona, during the early 1880s. It exemplifies the rapid rise…
Harshaw, Arizona, circa 1880s.

Harshaw Arizona

Harshaw, Arizona, is a ghost town located in Santa Cruz County in the southeastern part of the state, nestled on the eastern slopes of the…
Helvetia Camp, basin and mines. Crest of Santa Rita Mountains in background. Looking east from ridge of Tiptop Mountain, at an elevation of 4,300 feet. From left starting at second peak in upper left, thru the center of the following mine locations are identified: Heavy Weight, Copper World, Mohawk, Leader, Isle Royal, Old Dick, and Omega. Pima County, Arizona. 1909.

Helvetia Arizona

Helvetia is a ghost town located in Pima County, Arizona, in the northwestern foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains, approximately 40 miles southeast of Tucson.…
Millville, sister town to Charleston located just across the San Pedro River, circa 1880

Millville Arizona

Millville, Arizona, is a ghost town in Cochise County, located along the San Pedro River, approximately nine miles southwest of Tombstone. Established in the late…
Mineral Park, Arizona @1880

Mineral Park Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Mineral Park is a ghost town located in Mohave County Arizona founded in 1870. Once started, operations continued until 1912. The journey was tough just…
Mines of the Oatman district; Up Gold Road Gulch, showing the surface relations of the Gold Road mine, right to left the following are identified; Gold Road Mill, No. 1 shaft, and No. 3 shaft. All the rock included in the view is the Gold Road latite. The generally easterly dip of the flows is distinctly shown. Mohave County, Arizona. 1921.

Oatman Arizona – Mohave County Ghost Town

Perched precariously on the steep flanks of the Black Mountains in Mohave County, Arizona, at an elevation of 2,710 feet (830 meters), Oatman stands as…

Paradise Arizona

Paradise, Arizona, is a small ghost town located in the Chiricahua Mountains of Cochise County, southeastern Arizona, within what is now the Coronado National Forest.…
Ruby Arizona

Ruby Arizona

Nestled in the rugged hills of Santa Cruz County in southern Arizona, just north of the Mexican border, Ruby stands as one of the most…
USGS photo of Salero, Arizona, in 1909.

Salero Arizona

Salero, a remote ghost town nestled at the southern tip of the Santa Rita Mountains in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, exemplifies the fleeting boom-and-bust cycles…
Northern end of Tip Top, circa 1888. Visible are the stamp mill (1), assay office (2), brewery (3), beer hall (4), restaurant (5), saloon (6), hotel (7), and mine workings (8).

Tip Top Arizona

Founded in 1876, Tip Top Arizona is a old Silver Mining town and ghost town located in Yavapai County, Arizona. The town site is located…
Total Wreck, circa 1885. Visible are the dining room (1), assay office (2), miners lodging house (3), general lodging house (4), saloon (5), butcher shop (6), and a private residence (7). 19th Century Photo (1885). More than 120 years since its creation in 1885. - Scan from Ghost Towns of Arizona, by James E. and Barbara H. Sherman, page 158

Total Wreck Arizona

Total Wreck, Arizona is a classic ghost town and former silver mining camp located in Pima County in the eastern Empire Mountains of southern Arizona.…
A very early view of Vulture City, in the late 1870s. From a George H. Rothrock stereo view, no. 145, “Arizona Scenery” series.

Vulture City Arizona

Vulture City Arizona is a ghost town and popular mining camp which is located in Maricopa County, Arizona. The town was located in the Sonoran…