Abandoned Record
About Hiawatha
Hiawatha is an unincorporated community and near-ghost town, formerly a coal mining town in southwestern Carbon County, Utah, United States. While the town's former corporate limits were almost entirely within Carbon County, the western part was within the Manti-La Sal National Forest and a very small part extended west into Emery County.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Hiawatha, 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 Hiawatha is
Historic maps
10 historic USGS maps cover Hiawatha
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 Manti sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1895 Manti sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1923 Hiawatha sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1925 Hiawatha sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Price sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1960 Price sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1962 Price sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1978 Hiawatha sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1981 Manti sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 2001 Hiawatha 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 Hiawatha
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Utah index.
- Mohrland3.0 mi S · Emery
- Wattis3.2 mi N · Carbon
- Coal City12.6 mi N · Carbon
- Clear Creek13.6 mi NW · Carbon
- Lawrence13.8 mi S · Emery
- Connellsville14.3 mi NW · Emery
- National14.3 mi N · Carbon
- Desert Lake14.5 mi SE · Emery
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Hiawatha": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Hiawatha, Utah": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q3708949.
- USGS GNIS 1428681.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).