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Carrs Camp

Ghost town · Nye County, Nevada

Tolicha Peak quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:62,500)
Tolicha Peak quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Carrs Camp is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada. It is one of 109 former communities in Nye County on the federal names register. No county in Nevada has more among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Carrs Camp as a historical populated place on the Tolicha Peak SW 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 37.2630° N, 116.9262° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTolicha Peak SW
Elevation4,640 ft
Nearest living townBeatty, NV
Distance to it21.6 miles
GNIS feature ID848171
Coordinates37.26299, -116.92618

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What's there now

Carrs Camp is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Beatty, NV (population 637), about 21.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,640 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 Carrs Camp?

Carrs Camp is in Nye County, Nevada, at 37.2630, -116.9262.

How many ghost towns are in Nye County?

Nye County, Nevada has 109 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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