Abandoned Record
About Lockes
Lockes, also known as Ostorside or Ostonside, is a ghost town on U.S. Highway 6 in eastern Nye County, Nevada. The site is approximately 73 miles by road southwest by south of Ely, Nevada and 95 miles by road northeast by east of Tonopah, Nevada, with the nearest town being Currant, 24 miles to the northeast along U.S. 6.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Lockes, 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 Lockes is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Lockes
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.
- 1956 Lund sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1960 Lund sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1968 Lockes sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1968 Portuguese Mtn sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1980 Duckwater 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 Lockes
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Nevada index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Lockes": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Lockes, Nevada": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q6665470.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).