Abandoned Record
About San Juan
San Juan or Upper Camp is a ghost town that was a mining camp of the Eldorado Mining District. It was located in the upper reach of El Dorado Canyon, just below the present day location of Nelson in Clark County, Nevada.
This is a site record: what public sources say about San Juan, 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 San Juan is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover San Juan
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.
- 1955 Millett sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Millett Ranch sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1959 Millett sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Smith Creek Valley sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1988 Millett Ranch sheet, 1:24,000 · 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 San Juan
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Nevada index.
- Millett7.1 mi SE · Nye
- Bunker Hill11.9 mi NE · Lander
- Ione21.4 mi SW · Nye
- Berlin24.9 mi SW · Nye
- Berlin Historic District (Berlin24.9 mi SW · Nye
- Grantsville25.2 mi SW · Nye
- Jacobsville27.5 mi N · Lander
- Austin28.2 mi N · Lander
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "San Juan, Nevada": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q21010219.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).