Abandoned Record
About Lark
Lark is a ghost town located 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Herriman in the Oquirrh Mountains of southwest Salt Lake County, Utah in the United States. Lark was founded and settled by miners due to its location nearby several, now defunct, copper mines.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Lark, 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 Lark is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Lark
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 Tooele Valley sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1952 Lark sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Tooele sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Tooele sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1979 Tooele sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1999 Copperton 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 Lark
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Utah index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Lark": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Lark, Utah": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q6489541.
- USGS GNIS 1437617.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).