Abandoned Record
About Ivanpah
Ivanpah is a ghost town in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Ivanpah, 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 Ivanpah is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover Ivanpah
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.
- 1885 Eureka sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1888 Eureka sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1894 Eureka sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Wichita sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Wichita sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1971 Lapland sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 El Dorado sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1990 El Dorado sheet, 1:100,000 · 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 Ivanpah
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Kansas index.
- Lapland7.7 mi NE · Greenwood
- Thrall11.7 mi NE · Greenwood
- Keighley17.9 mi SW · Butler
- Matfield Green18.6 mi N · Chase
- Oil Hill22.4 mi W · Butler
- Bazaar26.0 mi N · Chase
- Quincy26.7 mi E · Greenwood
- Plum Grove31.1 mi W · Butler
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Ivanpah, Kansas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q17183875.
- USGS GNIS 484685.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).