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Bodie State Historic Park


Name: Bodie State Historic Park
Category: Cultural
Archive ID#: CA3013
 
Description: A remote gold mining ghost town, north of Mono Lake, designated a state historic park in 1962. In its heyday, in 1879, it had a population of 10,000 and many of the original buildings remain, preserved in a state of "arrested decay". A sprawling ruin, in a remarkable landscape, that is only partially restored.
Location: 140 miles SE of Sacramento
(POINT(-119.01334762573 38.212524091391))
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Address: CA
Mono County
Contact Info: (619) 647-6445
Visitor Info: Bodie State Historic Park, P.O. Box 515, Bridgeport, CA 93517      
 The park is open year round; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the summer,  9 a.m. to 4 p.m. the rest of the year.   An entrance fee is charged year-round.     
  From Hwy 395, head east on Route 270 to Bodie State Historic Park.
Links: http://www.bodie.net/
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=509
LCS: Attraction, Cultural, Ghost Town, Mining
   
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