town.skidoo

Skidoo is more of a town site than a ghost town itself. Mine shafts & rotten wooden framework is all that is left - way out here in the boonies of Death Valley National Park. The dirt road access is suitable for passengers cars (most years) & a good topo map of the area will have you exploring more if you own an SUV or high clearance vehicle. On the way back to Hwy 190, look for the faint & easy to miss single track to Tucki Mine, located just to the north of Skidoo. Ardell thinks the ancient red headed giants live underground, back here in these remote parts of the Panamint range.

elevation: 4300'

population:

zip code: 92328

Desert

terrain:
high desert terrain with minimal historic structures & buildings

location:
Inyo County
S of Stovepipe Wells
off Wildrose Rd, off Hwy 190

recreation:

backpacking

hiking

camping

off-roading

ghost towns

stargazing

parks, forests, rivers & lakes:

Death Valley National Park

Darwin Falls Wilderness

Eastern Sierra Nevada Forests Map Set

Campgrounds
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Lone Pine Campground
Wildrose Campground
Mahogany Flat Campground

description:
Old mining camp that somehow been named a ghost town, although I didn't see any ghost, nor were there any old homes for the ghosts to live in. They may have been inside the mine shafts, but I'm not crawling in too far to find out. We've all heard the 'falling in a mine stories' . Stay out & stay alive.

nearby towns:
Panamint Springs
Death Valley
Darwin
Ballarat
Lone Pine
Olancha

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