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Skidoo

Ghost town · Inyo County, California

Emigrant Canyon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:62,500)
Emigrant Canyon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Skidoo is a ghost town in Inyo County, California. It is one of 29 former communities in Inyo County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

Skidoo was established in 1906, in the early 20th century.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Skidoo as a historical populated place on the Emigrant Canyon 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 36.4355° N, 117.1476° W.

Key facts

Founded1906
USGS quadrangleEmigrant Canyon
Elevation5,693 ft
Nearest living townFurnace Creek, CA
Distance to it15.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1656631
Coordinates36.43550, -117.14756

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What's there now

Skidoo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Furnace Creek, CA (population 102), about 15.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,693 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Site of the ghost town of Skidoo, California
Site of the ghost town of Skidoo, California · No machine-readable author provided. LHOON assumed (based on copyright claims). / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5

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Questions

Where is Skidoo?

Skidoo is in Inyo County, California, at 36.4355, -117.1476.

How many ghost towns are in Inyo County?

Inyo County, California has 29 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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