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Bontes

Ghost town · Plumas County, California

Blairsden quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:62,500)
Blairsden quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bontes is a ghost town in Plumas County, California. It is one of 23 former communities in Plumas County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 11th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bontes as a historical populated place on the Blairsden topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.7832° N, 120.6230° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBlairsden
Elevation4,385 ft
Nearest living townMohawk Vista, CA
Distance to it2.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1701338
Coordinates39.78323, -120.62300

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What's there now

Bontes is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mohawk Vista, CA (population 29), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,385 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Bontes?

Bontes is in Plumas County, California, at 39.7832, -120.6230.

How many ghost towns are in Plumas County?

Plumas County, California has 23 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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