Abandoned Record
About Blue Creek
Blue Creek is a ghost town in the Blue Creek Valley in northeastern Box Elder County, Utah, United States.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Blue Creek, 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 Blue Creek is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Blue Creek
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 Brigham City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Brigham City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1962 Brigham City sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1968 Howell sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1989 Tremonton 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 Blue Creek
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Utah index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Blue Creek": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Blue Creek, Utah": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q4929004.
- USGS GNIS 1437505.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).