Abandoned Record
About Eastdale
Eastdale is an extinct town in Costilla County, in the U.S. state of Colorado. Eastdale was a farming community on the Colorado/New Mexico border.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Eastdale, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Eastdale is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Eastdale
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1954 Trinidad sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Trinidad sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Trinidad sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1959 Trinidad sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1967 Sky Valley Ranch sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1983 Alamosa sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1988 Trinidad sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Eastdale
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Colorado index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Eastdale, Colorado": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q48815415.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).