Pacific Northwest Ghost Towns

The Pacific Northwest’s ghost towns are shaped by the region’s timber, mining, and fishing industries. Logging camps and mill towns that stripped the great forests of Washington and Oregon, gold and silver mining communities in the mountain ranges, and cannery towns along the coast all left abandoned settlements in one of America’s most dramatically beautiful landscapes. Pacific Northwest ghost towns are often remote and require serious planning to visit, but they reward the effort.

Explore Pacific Northwest Ghost Towns

Jason Smith’s Washington and Oregon ghost town volumes cover the Pacific Northwest’s most compelling abandoned communities.

Ghost Towns of Washington on Amazon

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