Lyon County Ghost Towns

Articles published by Destination 4x4 which are tagged as ghost towns and are found Lyon County in the state of Nevada.

Horse-powered whim, used for mining production of small mines. Photograph taken in Como, Nevada 1902. Stanley W. Paher, Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, (1970), Howell North, p 73, courtesy of William A. Kornmayer Collection

Como Nevada

Tucked away in the rugged folds of the Pine Nut Mountains in central Lyon County, Nevada, the ghost town of Como stands as a weathered…
Placer mining, 1880s, in Gold Canyon. The original site of Johntown mining settlement , south of Silver, City Nevada - Stanley W. Paher, Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, Howell North, 1970, p 70. courtesy of Nevada Historical Society

Johntown Nevada – Lyon County Ghost Town

Johntown, Nevada, holds the distinction of being the state’s first mining town and its first ghost town. Situated in Gold Canyon, between Dayton and Silver…

Ludwig Nevada

Tucked into the sun-scorched folds of the Singatse Range at the northern edge of Smith Valley, Ludwig stands as a weathered sentinel in Lyon County,…
Pine Grove, Nevada - 1880s

Pine Grove Nevada – Lyon County Ghost Town

Pine Grove is a classic Nevada ghost town located in Lyon County, in the Pine Grove Hills on the eastern slopes of the Pine Grove…
The town of Sutro Nevada, taken in 1874

Sutro Nevada

Sutro, Nevada, located in Lyon County near the historic town of Dayton in the Carson River Valley, is a quintessential Western ghost town that owes…