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Eagle Mountain

Ghost town · Riverside County, California

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

Eagle Mountain is a ghost town in Riverside County, California. It is one of 13 former communities in Riverside County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 27th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Eagle Mountain as a historical populated place: 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 33.8544° N, 115.4817° W.

Key facts

Elevation1,290 ft
Nearest living townDesert Center, CA
Distance to it10.4 miles
Coordinates33.85444, -115.48167

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What's there now

Eagle Mountain is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Desert Center, CA (population 167), about 10.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,290 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 Eagle Mountain?

Eagle Mountain is in Riverside County, California, at 33.8544, -115.4817.

How many ghost towns are in Riverside County?

Riverside County, California has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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