Topic: idea for a trip eventually..

[Mastagrog]

I was looking at Google maps and ran across what I think would be a cool venture. Not much crazy off roading but more of an exploration.

Eagle mountain mine, look it up on Wikipedia.  Its a legit ghost town more like ghost city out off the 10 on the south-east side of Joshua tree. I love history especially abandoned history.

[FrankB]

I think I recall something not too long ago about the area being closed to access, but I could be wrong.  There was a whole town of sorts out there at one time.  If you can still get in there, this would be fun to check out some time.

Edit to add:  I just found this on Wikipedia - not sure if it's accurate. Maybe someone in Riverside County can check with the Sheriff's Dept, they should know.

"As of July 18, 2007, the town of Eagle Mountain is no longer openly accessible. The perimeters of both the town and mine have been fenced and gated, with a site manager appointed to handle access requests. The fencing isn't presently visible from either Google Earth or Google Maps, so it's easy to believe that the town is still accessible."



We've camped on the other side of Black Eagle Mine, at the spot where the road into the mining area coming from Joshua Tree is permanently blocked off.

If you like abandoned history stuff, there is a lot to check out in So Cal. Speaking of which, we'll get another Ghost Mountain / Marshal South home site trip going here pretty soon. Talk about weird history.

[Ghost65]

I was looking at Google maps and ran across what I think would be a cool venture. Not much crazy off roading but more of an exploration.

Eagle mountain mine, look it up on Wikipedia.  Its a legit ghost town more like ghost city out off the 10 on the south-east side of Joshua tree. I love history especially abandoned history.

I looked this up, quite an interesting history.  Unfortunately, looks like the land owners have fenced and closed it.

There is so much cool history in the California deserts that I am sure it would be easy to find mining towns (Calico comes to mind, but it is very touristy) to plan an Xcursion around.  I like the idea though, because I enjoy exploring history and finding weird stuff out in the middle of nowhere.

Paul has an annual trip that he plans here, The Bradshaw Trail, that has a lot of cool history (both military and early California).  I think there are some postings in either Photos or Xcursions, I will look em' up and post some links.

[Mastagrog]

Yea when I was stationed in 29 palms for comm school me and my buddy explored many mines in the area. It was a good time!

[GUANO]

fenced off?   did someone say night-trip?      --- dress dark.  haha

[Mastagrog]

i like your style^^