Panamint City
Ballarat, California. Ghost town, NPS ruin.
Details
- Where
- Ballarat, CA. No street address stated. Directions
- Getting there
- From the ghost town of Ballarat, drive 6 miles northeast on the Surprise Canyon road to Chris Wicht's Camp; the site of Panamint City is accessible via a 5 mile hike from the camp.
- Access
- The site is reached by a 5 mile hike from Chris Wicht's Camp, 6 miles northeast of Ballarat. Mining in the area continued on a sporadic basis up until recent times. The ruins were added to Death Valley National Park in October of 1994.
- Phone
- 760 786-3200
- Managed by
- National Park Service, Death Valley National Park.
- Established
- 1874.
Silver boom town founded by outlaws in Surprise Canyon, peak population 2,000 in 1874; a flash flood later destroyed most of the town. The smelter chimney is the most prominent remnant. Added to Death Valley National Park.