Abandoned Record
About Arinosa
Arinosa is a ghost town located in Tooele County, Utah, United States. Arinosa is 19 miles east of Wendover and 100 miles west of Salt Lake City, in the middle of the Great Salt Lake Desert.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Arinosa, 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 Arinosa is
Historic maps
4 historic USGS maps cover Arinosa
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.
- 1953 Tooele sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Tooele sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1973 Arinosa sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1979 Bonneville Salt Flats 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 Arinosa
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Utah index.
- Barro9.6 mi E · Tooele
- Salduro9.7 mi W · Tooele
- Aragonite Hazardous Waste Incinerator35.0 mi E · Tooele
- Low38.4 mi E · Tooele
- Gold Hill39.9 mi S · Tooele
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Arinosa, Utah": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q16868976.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).