Estes
Ghost town · Baker County, Oregon

Estes is a ghost town in Baker County, Oregon. It is one of 18 former communities in Baker County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 34 Oregon counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Estes as a historical populated place on the Baker City 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 44.7846° N, 117.8469° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Baker City |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3,428 ft |
| Nearest living town | Baker City, OR |
| Distance to it | 1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1164162 |
| Coordinates | 44.78460, -117.84688 |
What's there now
Estes is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Baker City, OR (population 10,177), about 1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 3,428 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Sangerghost town · Baker County · 2 mi
- Pocahontasghost town · Baker County · 6.5 mi
- Auburnghost town · Baker County · 7.6 mi
- Pleasant Valleyghost town · Baker County · 13.6 mi
- Erwinghost town · Baker County · 13.8 mi
- Bourneghost town · Baker County · 17.4 mi
- Cracker Cityghost town · Baker County · 17.9 mi
- Cablevilleghost town · Baker County · 21.3 mi
- Whitneyghost town · Baker County · 23.5 mi
- Audreyghost town · Baker County · 23.6 mi
- Malheur Cityghost town · Malheur County · 26.4 mi
- Carrollghost town · Baker County · 26.4 mi
Questions
Where is Estes?
Estes is in Baker County, Oregon, at 44.7846, -117.8469.
How many ghost towns are in Baker County?
Baker County, Oregon has 18 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.