List of ghost towns in California

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This is an incomplete list of ghost towns on California sortable by town or county.

Alma, California in present times
A sign for Amboy, California, on the west side of town
Roy's Motel and Café in Amboy, California on U.S. Route 66 in California in the Mojave Desert
Town County Latitude/Longitude
Agua Fria Mariposa 37°29′06″N 120°01′13″W / 37.48500°N 120.02028°W / 37.48500; -120.02028
Agua Mansa San Bernardino 34°02′31″N 117°21′50″W / 34.04194°N 117.36389°W / 34.04194; -117.36389
Alma Santa Clara 37°10′48″N 121°58′48″W / 37.18000°N 121.98000°W / 37.18000; -121.98000
Amboy San Bernardino 34°33′25″N 115°44′42″W / 34.55694°N 115.74500°W / 34.55694; -115.74500
Ashford Mill Inyo 35°55′08″N 116°41′05″W / 35.91889°N 116.68472°W / 35.91889; -116.68472
Asphalto Kern 35°18′17″N 119°36′03″W / 35.30472°N 119.60083°W / 35.30472; -119.60083
Atolia San Bernardino 35°18′53″N 117°36′33″W / 35.31472°N 117.60917°W / 35.31472; -117.60917
Avena Inyo
Bagdad San Bernardino 34°34′58″N 115°52′32″W / 34.58278°N 115.87556°W / 34.58278; -115.87556
Ballarat Inyo 36°02′52″N 117°13′24″W / 36.04778°N 117.22333°W / 36.04778; -117.22333
Banta San Joaquin 37°45′16″N 121°22′11″W / 37.75444°N 121.36972°W / 37.75444; -121.36972
Kern
Beeks Place Orange 33°49′14″N 117°38′20″W / 33.82049°N 117.63878°W / 33.82049; -117.63878
Belleville San Bernardino 34°18′4″N 116°53′3″W / 34.30111°N 116.88417°W / 34.30111; -116.88417
Bennettville Mono 37°56′15″N 119°15′38″W / 37.93750°N 119.26056°W / 37.93750; -119.26056
Bend City Inyo 36°49′09″N 118°07′50″W / 36.81917°N 118.13056°W / 36.81917; -118.13056
Benton Mono 37°49′09″N 118°28′35″W / 37.81917°N 118.47639°W / 37.81917; -118.47639
Bestville Siskiyou 41°18′03″N 123°08′35″W / 41.3007°N 123.1431°W / 41.3007; -123.1431
Blue Mountain Calaveras 38°22′15″N 120°21′59″W / 38.37080°N 120.36642°W / 38.37080; -120.36642
Bodie Mono 38°12′44″N 119°00′44″W / 38.21222°N 119.01222°W / 38.21222; -119.01222
Mariposa
Mariposa
Branson City San Diego 33°04′41″N 116°37′2″W / 33.07806°N 116.61722°W / 33.07806; -116.61722
Calico San Bernardino 34°56′56″N 116°51′51″W / 34.94889°N 116.86417°W / 34.94889; -116.86417
Camanche Calaveras 38°12′48″N 120°56′07″W / 38.21333°N 120.93528°W / 38.21333; -120.93528
Calaveras 38°24′39″N 120°31′07″W / 38.41080°N 120.51851°W / 38.41080; -120.51851
Canebrake Kern 35°43′42″N 118°08′18″W / 35.72833°N 118.13833°W / 35.72833; -118.13833
Canon City [1] Trinity 40°49′53″N 123°03′10″W / 40.83139°N 123.05278°W / 40.83139; -123.05278
Carnegie San Joaquin 37°37′46″N 121°31′41″W / 37.62951°N 121.52797°W / 37.62951; -121.52797
Carson Hill Calaveras 38°01′42″N 120°30′24″W / 38.02833°N 120.50667°W / 38.02833; -120.50667
Cerro Gordo Inyo 36°32.2626′N 117°47.70186′W / 36.5377100°N 117.79503100°W / 36.5377100; -117.79503100 (Cerro Gordo Mines)
Cerro Gordo Landing Inyo
Chambless San Bernardino 34°33′41″N 115°32′41″W / 34.56139°N 115.54472°W / 34.56139; -115.54472
Kern
Cherokee Butte 39°38′47″N 121°32′18″W / 39.64639°N 121.53833°W / 39.64639; -121.53833
Chinquapin Mariposa 37°39′00″N 119°42′19″W / 37.65000°N 119.70528°W / 37.65000; -119.70528
China Camp Marin 38°0′3″N 122°27′41″W / 38.00083°N 122.46139°W / 38.00083; -122.46139
Chinese Camp Tuolumne 37°52′13″N 120°26′1″W / 37.87028°N 120.43361°W / 37.87028; -120.43361
Chloride City Inyo 36°42′24″N 116°52′56″W / 36.70667°N 116.88222°W / 36.70667; -116.88222
Chrysopolis Inyo 36°57′38″N 118°11′48″W / 36.96056°N 118.19667°W / 36.96056; -118.19667
Kern
Coleman City San Diego 33°05′10″N 116°38′42″W / 33.08611°N 116.64500°W / 33.08611; -116.64500
Coso Inyo 36°10′36″N 117°38′49″W / 36.17667°N 117.64694°W / 36.17667; -117.64694
Cox & Clark Trading Post and Steamboat Landing Kings 35°58′08″N 119°56′21″W / 35.96898°N 119.93929°W / 35.96898; -119.93929
Coyote Santa Clara 37°13′00″N 121°44′26″W / 37.21667°N 121.74056°W / 37.21667; -121.74056
Kern
Kern
Cuyamaca City San Diego 32°59′05″N 116°34′15″W / 32.98472°N 116.57083°W / 32.98472; -116.57083
Darwin Inyo 36°16′05″N 117°35′30″W / 36.26806°N 117.59167°W / 36.26806; -117.59167
Deadwood Placer 39°04′50″N 120°41′22″W / 39.08056°N 120.68944°W / 39.08056; -120.68944
Deadwood Trinity 40°43′10″N 122°44′01″W / 40.71944°N 122.73361°W / 40.71944; -122.73361
Dedrick Trinity 40°51′46″N 123°02′12″W / 40.86278°N 123.03667°W / 40.86278; -123.03667
Denny Trinity 40°56′38″N 123°23′12″W / 40.94389°N 123.38667°W / 40.94389; -123.38667
Desert Spring Kern 35°16′20″N 118°37′34″W / 35.27222°N 118.62611°W / 35.27222; -118.62611
Dogtown Mono 38°10′13″N 119°11′51″W / 38.17028°N 119.19750°W / 38.17028; -119.19750
Domino Kern
[2] Trinity
Drawbridge Alameda 37°27′54″N 121°58′28″W / 37.46500°N 121.97444°W / 37.46500; -121.97444Coordinates: 37°27′54″N 121°58′28″W / 37.46500°N 121.97444°W / 37.46500; -121.97444
Drytown Amador 38°26′28″N 120°51′16″W / 38.44111°N 120.85444°W / 38.44111; -120.85444
Dunmovin Inyo 36°05′19″N 117°57′40″W / 36.08861°N 117.96111°W / 36.08861; -117.96111
Eagle Mountain Riverside 33°51′27″N 115°29′14″W / 33.85750°N 115.48722°W / 33.85750; -115.48722
Eastwood San Diego 33°05′15″N 116°36′40″W / 33.08750°N 116.61111°W / 33.08750; -116.61111
Echo Inyo
Calaveras
Eldoradoville Los Angeles 34°13′47″N 117°46′11″W / 34.2297°N 117.7698°W / 34.2297; -117.7698
Elliott San Joaquin 38°14′05″N 121°10′51″W / 38.23472°N 121.18083°W / 38.23472; -121.18083
Inyo 37°05′38″N 118°13′28″W / 37.09389°N 118.22444°W / 37.09389; -118.22444
Empire City Stanislaus 37°38.239′N 120°54.167′W / 37.637317°N 120.902783°W / 37.637317; -120.902783
Emory Mariposa
Essex San Bernardino 34°44′1″N 115°14′42″W / 34.73361°N 115.24500°W / 34.73361; -115.24500
Falk Humboldt
Fountain Springs Tulare 35°53′28″N 118°54′56″W / 35.891111°N 118.915556°W / 35.891111; -118.915556
Freeman Junction Kern 35°36′06″N 117°54′11″W / 35.60166°N 117.90295°W / 35.60166; -117.90295
Calaveras
French Flat Tuolumne 37°58′20″N 120°28′17″W / 37.97222°N 120.47139°W / 37.97222; -120.47139
Furnace Inyo 36°11′29″N 116°39′54″W / 36.19133°N 116.66495°W / 36.19133; -116.66495
Furnace Creek Inn Inyo 36°27′02″N 116°51′08″W / 36.45056°N 116.85222°W / 36.45056; -116.85222
Garlock Kern 35°24′09″N 117°47′24″W / 35.40250°N 117.79000°W / 35.40250; -117.79000
Gas Point Shasta 40°24′56″N 122°32′04″W / 40.41556°N 122.53444°W / 40.41556; -122.53444
Gibsonville Sierra 39°44′25″N 120°54′32″W / 39.74028°N 120.90889°W / 39.74028; -120.90889
Kern
Kern
Goffs San Bernardino 34°55′09″N 115°03′46″W / 34.91917°N 115.06278°W / 34.91917; -115.06278
Gold Town Kern 35°00′06″N 118°10′08″W / 35.00167°N 118.16889°W / 35.00167; -118.16889
Goler Heights Kern 35°25′37″N 117°44′45″W / 35.42694°N 117.74583°W / 35.42694; -117.74583
Greasertown Calaveras 38°11′28″N 120°45′15″W / 38.19113°N 120.75407°W / 38.19113; -120.75407
Greenwater Inyo 36°10′46″N 116°36′59″W / 36.17944°N 116.61639°W / 36.17944; -116.61639
Greenwich Kern
Gerstley Inyo 36°00′43″N 116°16′28″W / 36.01190°N 116.27456°W / 36.01190; -116.27456
Grub Gulch Madera 37°19′29″N 119°46′15″W / 37.32472°N 119.77083°W / 37.32472; -119.77083
Gullion's Bar Siskiyou 41°17′48″N 123°21′36″W / 41.29667°N 123.36000°W / 41.29667; -123.36000
Haiwee Inyo 36°08′48″N 117°58′33″W / 36.14667°N 117.97583°W / 36.14667; -117.97583
Hamilton Butte 39°27′09″N 121°38′28″W / 39.45254°N 121.64108°W / 39.45254; -121.64108
Hart San Bernardino 35°17′20″N 115°6′12″W / 35.28889°N 115.10333°W / 35.28889; -115.10333
[3] Kern 35°28′26″N 117°52′06″W / 35.47389°N 117.86833°W / 35.47389; -117.86833
Helena Trinity 40°46′25″N 123°07′42″W / 40.77361°N 123.12833°W / 40.77361; -123.12833
Hoboken Sacramento 38°33′28″N 121°25′04″W / 38.55778°N 121.41778°W / 38.55778; -121.41778
Hodson Calaveras 37°59′48″N 120°41′08″W / 37.99667°N 120.68556°W / 37.99667; -120.68556
Hokokwito Mariposa 37°45′30″N 119°35′43″W / 37.75833°N 119.59528°W / 37.75833; -119.59528
Holy City Santa Clara 37°09′25″N 121°58′44″W / 37.1568904°N 121.9788476°W / 37.1568904; -121.9788476
Horseshoe Bend Mariposa 37°40′41″N 120°13′52″W / 37.67794°N 120.23101°W / 37.67794; -120.23101
Hollands Los Angeles
Igo Shasta 40°30′20″N 122°32′30″W / 40.505556°N 122.541667°W / 40.505556; -122.541667
Calaveras
Indian Gulch Mariposa 37°26′22″N 120°11′49″W / 37.43944°N 120.19694°W / 37.43944; -120.19694
Indian Springs Kern
Iowa Hill Placer 39°06′31″N 120°51′34″W / 39.10861°N 120.85944°W / 39.10861; -120.85944
Isabella Kern 35°39′20″N 118°27′40″W / 35.65556°N 118.46111°W / 35.65556; -118.46111
Ivanpah San Bernardino 35°32′42″N 115°32′7″W / 35.54500°N 115.53528°W / 35.54500; -115.53528
Jaeger City Imperial 32°43′52″N 114°37′47″W / 32.73111°N 114.62972°W / 32.73111; -114.62972
Joe Walker Town Kern 35°25′20″N 118°29′35″W / 35.42222°N 118.49306°W / 35.42222; -118.49306
Joyfull Kern
Inyo
Kern River Slough Kern 35°15′35″N 118°58′3″W / 35.25972°N 118.96750°W / 35.25972; -118.96750
Kernvale Kern
Kernville Kern 35°42′51″N 118°26′12″W / 35.71417°N 118.43667°W / 35.71417; -118.43667
Kearsarge Inyo 36°48′36″N 118°19′30″W / 36.81000°N 118.32500°W / 36.81000; -118.32500
Keeler Inyo 36°29′14″N 117°52′26″W / 36.48722°N 117.87389°W / 36.48722; -117.87389
Kelso San Bernardino 35°0′45″N 115°39′13″W / 35.01250°N 115.65361°W / 35.01250; -115.65361
Kingston Kings 36°25′24.71″N 119°41′37.9″W / 36.4235306°N 119.693861°W / 36.4235306; -119.693861
Kumaini Mariposa
La Panza San Luis Obispo 35°21′40″N 120°12′56″W / 35.36111°N 120.21556°W / 35.36111; -120.21556
Langdon Kern
Lavers' Crossing Kern 35°44′12″N 118°43′16″W / 35.73667°N 118.72111°W / 35.73667; -118.72111
Leadfield Inyo 36°50′48″N 117°03′33″W / 36.84667°N 117.05917°W / 36.84667; -117.05917
Lee Inyo
[4] Kern
Leliter Kern 35°42′38″N 117°49′49″W / 35.71056°N 117.83028°W / 35.71056; -117.83028
Leon Riverside 33°39′09″N 117°08′08″W / 33.65250°N 117.13556°W / 33.65250; -117.13556
Lexington Santa Clara 37°11′47″N 121°59′18″W / 37.19639°N 121.98833°W / 37.19639; -121.98833
Liberty San Joaquin
Linda Rosa Riverside
Lila C Inyo 36°14′36″N 116°29′56″W / 36.24333°N 116.49889°W / 36.24333; -116.49889
Fresno 36°26′18″N 119°43′03″W / 36.43833°N 119.71750°W / 36.43833; -119.71750
Llano del Rio Los Angeles 34°30′23.3″N 117°49′37.5″W / 34.506472°N 117.827083°W / 34.506472; -117.827083
Lone Pine Station Inyo
Lookout City Inyo 36°14′45″N 117°26′05″W / 36.24583°N 117.43472°W / 36.24583; -117.43472
Calaveras
Ludlow San Bernardino 34°43′16″N 116°09′36″W / 34.72111°N 116.16000°W / 34.72111; -116.16000
Lyons Station Los Angeles 34°21′46″N 118°30′27″W / 34.36270°N 118.50740°W / 34.36270; -118.50740
Macheto Mariposa
Mammoth City Mono
Manchester Monterey
Manzanar Inyo 36°44′24″N 118°04′50″W / 36.74000°N 118.08056°W / 36.74000; -118.08056
Martensdale Kern
Martinez Tuolumne County 38°01′24″N 120°22′47″W / 38.02333°N 120.37972°W / 38.02333; -120.37972
Masonic Mono 38°21′45″N 119°06′45″W / 38.36250°N 119.11250°W / 38.36250; -119.11250
Melones Calaveras 38°00′45″N 120°29′55″W / 38.01250°N 120.49861°W / 38.01250; -120.49861
Mentryville Los Angeles 34°22′44″N 118°36′40″W / 34.379°N 118.611°W / 34.379; -118.611
Merced Falls Merced 37°31′23″N 120°19′57″W / 37.52306°N 120.33250°W / 37.52306; -120.33250
Mercuryville Sonoma 38°46′34″N 122°50′22″W / 38.77611°N 122.83944°W / 38.77611; -122.83944
Midland Riverside 33°51′40″N 114°48′08″W / 33.86111°N 114.80222°W / 33.86111; -114.80222
Midway Kern
Calaveras
Mariposa
Minersville Trinity 40°51′05″N 122°46′59″W / 40.85139°N 122.78306°W / 40.85139; -122.78306
Mount Ophir Mariposa 37°30′53″N 120°03′53″W / 37.51472°N 120.06472°W / 37.51472; -120.06472
Miramonte Kern
Mono Mills Mono 37°53′15″N 118°57′34″W / 37.88750°N 118.95944°W / 37.88750; -118.95944
Kern
Moore's Flat Nevada
Mormon Island Sacramento 38°42′13″N 121°07′03″W / 38.7035°N 121.1174°W / 38.7035; -121.1174
Mountain House Kern 35°41′31″N 118°55′03″W / 35.69186°N 118.91759°W / 35.69186; -118.91759
Muroc Kern 34°55′23″N 117°52′20″W / 34.92306°N 117.87222°W / 34.92306; -117.87222
Narka Inyo 35°53′51.8″N 117°54′04.4″W / 35.897722°N 117.901222°W / 35.897722; -117.901222
Negro Flat Siskiyou 41°14′31″N 123°16′51″W / 41.24194°N 123.28084°W / 41.24194; -123.28084
Neuralia Inyo
New Almaden Santa Clara 37°10′48″N 121°50′8″W / 37.18000°N 121.83556°W / 37.18000; -121.83556
New Idria San Benito 36°25′1″N 120°40′28″W / 36.41694°N 120.67444°W / 36.41694; -120.67444
Newtown Mariposa 37°42′12″N 120°11′31″W / 37.70333°N 120.19194°W / 37.70333; -120.19194
Noonday Camp Inyo 35°48′39″N 116°06′15″W / 35.81083°N 116.10417°W / 35.81083; -116.10417
Norristown Sacramento 38°33′28″N 121°25′04″W / 38.55778°N 121.41778°W / 38.55778; -121.41778
North Muroc Kern 35°00′18″N 117°49′08″W / 35.00500°N 117.81889°W / 35.00500; -117.81889
North Shore Riverside 33°30′46″N 115°55′38″W / 33.51278°N 115.92722°W / 33.51278; -115.92722
Nortonville Contra Costa 37°57′28″N 121°52′50″W / 37.95778°N 121.88056°W / 37.95778; -121.88056
Notomidula Mariposa
Olig Kern 35°19′30″N 119°39′23″W / 35.32500°N 119.65639°W / 35.32500; -119.65639
Calaveras
Owensville Inyo 37°24′03″N 118°20′44″W / 37.40083°N 118.34556°W / 37.40083; -118.34556
Packwood Station Tulare
Panamint City Inyo 36°07′06″N 117°05′43″W / 36.11833°N 117.09528°W / 36.11833; -117.09528
Pasinogna San Bernardino 33°59′24″N 117°43′03″W / 33.99000°N 117.71750°W / 33.99000; -117.71750
Patchen Santa Clara
Petersburg Kern 35°36′09″N 118°36′13″W / 35.60250°N 118.60361°W / 35.60250; -118.60361
Petroleopolis Los Angeles
Picacho Imperial 33°01′23″N 114°36′40″W / 33.02306°N 114.61111°W / 33.02306; -114.61111
Pinacate Riverside 33°45′36″N 117°14′0″W / 33.76000°N 117.23333°W / 33.76000; -117.23333
Piute Kern
Politana San Bernardino
Port Chicago Contra Costa 38°02′46″N 122°01′15″W / 38.04611°N 122.02083°W / 38.04611; -122.02083
Sierra
Prado San Bernardino
Prairie City Sacramento
Providence San Bernardino 34°58′49″N 115°30′19″W / 34.98028°N 115.50528°W / 34.98028; -115.50528
Purissima San Mateo 37°24′11″N 122°25′1″W / 37.40306°N 122.41694°W / 37.40306; -122.41694
Kern
Quartzburg Kern
Quartzburg Mariposa 37°32′22″N 120°12′16″W / 37.53944°N 120.20444°W / 37.53944; -120.20444
Rincon San Bernardino
Reefer City Kern 35°00′21″N 118°11′06″W / 35.00583°N 118.18500°W / 35.00583; -118.18500
Reilly Inyo 36°00′25″N 117°22′08″W / 36.00694°N 117.36889°W / 36.00694; -117.36889
Rice San Bernardino 34°5′1″N 114°50′59″W / 34.08361°N 114.84972°W / 34.08361; -114.84972
Ridleys Ferry Mariposa
Rincon San Bernardino
Rio Bravo Kern 35°17′49″N 119°03′24″W / 35.29684°N 119.05678°W / 35.29684; -119.05678
Kern
Roachville Inyo
Rock Springs Kern
Kern
Sage Kern
San Carlos Inyo 36°48′14.26″N 118°7′34.46″W / 36.8039611°N 118.1262389°W / 36.8039611; -118.1262389 (San Carlos, Inyo County, California)
San Joaquin City San Joaquin 37°40′12″N 121°15′58″W / 37.67000°N 121.26611°W / 37.67000; -121.26611
San Miguel de los Noches Kern
Sakaya Mariposa
Calaveras
Sawmill Flat Tuolumne 38°01′14″N 120°22′51″W / 38.02056°N 120.38083°W / 38.02056; -120.38083
Scheelite Inyo
Schwaub Inyo 36°30′20″N 116°43′25″W / 36.50556°N 116.72361°W / 36.50556; -116.72361
Scovern Hot Springs Kern 35°37′17″N 118°28′27″W / 35.62139°N 118.47417°W / 35.62139; -118.47417
Second Garrotte Tuolumne 37°49′30″N 120°11′51″W / 37.82500°N 120.19750°W / 37.82500; -120.19750
Seneca Plumas 40°06′38″N 121°05′05″W / 40.11056°N 121.08472°W / 40.11056; -121.08472
Kern
Shasta Shasta 40°35′32″N 122°28′40″W / 40.59222°N 122.47778°W / 40.59222; -122.47778
Siberia San Bernardino 34°37′36″N 115°59′09″W / 34.62667°N 115.98583°W / 34.62667; -115.98583
Silver Lake San Bernardino 35°22′16″N 116°6′54″W / 35.37111°N 116.11500°W / 35.37111; -116.11500
Skidoo Inyo 36°26′08″N 117°08′51″W / 36.43556°N 117.14750°W / 36.43556; -117.14750
Mariposa
Kern
Sodan Inyo 35°55′15.9″N 117°54′09.9″W / 35.921083°N 117.902750°W / 35.921083; -117.902750
Kern
Calaveras
Sierra
Stickneys Ferry Tulare
Stonewall San Diego
Calaveras
Kern
Kern
Stratton San Diego
Kern
Sunland Inyo 37°19′57″N 118°24′16″W / 37.33250°N 118.40444°W / 37.33250; -118.40444
Kern
Swansea Inyo 36°31′29″N 117°54′14″W / 36.52472°N 117.90389°W / 36.52472; -117.90389
Calaveras
Kern
Tehichipa Kern
Kern
Temescal Riverside
Kern
Terra Cotta Riverside 33°42′11″N 117°22′29″W / 33.70306°N 117.37472°W / 33.70306; -117.37472
Timbuctoo Yuba 39°13′01″N 121°19′07″W / 39.21694°N 121.31861°W / 39.21694; -121.31861
Kern
Tumco Imperial
Kern
Vaca Adobe Kings 36°03′08″N 119°57′52″W / 36.05222°N 119.96435°W / 36.05222; -119.96435
Vallecito San Diego 32°58′34″N 116°21′1″W / 32.97611°N 116.35028°W / 32.97611; -116.35028
Valley Wells[5] San Bernardino 35°49′42″N 117°19′54″W / 35.82833°N 117.33167°W / 35.82833; -117.33167
Vanderbilt San Bernardino 35°19′38″N 115°14′59″W / 35.32722°N 115.24972°W / 35.32722; -115.24972
Kern
Kern
Mariposa
Westville Placer 39°10′30″N 120°38′53″W / 39.17500°N 120.64806°W / 39.17500; -120.64806
White Mountain City Inyo
Riverside
Wingo Sonoma 38°12′33″N 122°25′36″W / 38.20917°N 122.42667°W / 38.20917; -122.42667
Kern
Wiskala Mariposa
Woolsey Flat Nevada 39°24′41″N 120°52′05″W / 39.41139°N 120.86806°W / 39.41139; -120.86806
Wrights Santa Clara 37°08′21″N 121°56′49″W / 37.13917°N 121.94694°W / 37.13917; -121.94694
Calaveras
You Bet Nevada 39°12′33″N 120°54′00″W / 39.20917°N 120.90000°W / 39.20917; -120.90000
Yosemite Mill Mariposa
Zurich Inyo 37°10′58″N 118°15′36″W / 37.18278°N 118.26000°W / 37.18278; -118.26000
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