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Monte Cristo

Ghost town · Snohomish County, Washington

Monte Cristo quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)
Monte Cristo quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Monte Cristo is a ghost town in Snohomish County, Washington. It is the only former community in Snohomish County recorded on the federal names register, out of 175 across Washington.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Monte Cristo 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 47.9856° N, 121.3940° W.

Key facts

Elevation2,767 ft
Nearest living townIndex, WA
Distance to it13.6 miles
Coordinates47.98560, -121.39400

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What's there now

Monte Cristo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Index, WA (population 164), about 13.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,767 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Looking northeast across the townsite of Monte Cristo, Washington.
Looking northeast across the townsite of Monte Cristo, Washington. · Junkyardsparkle / Wikimedia Commons · CC0

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