Abandoned Record
About O'Brien
O'Brien, Washington was a former community, north of Kent in the Green River Valley of King County in the U.S. state of Washington. It was just north of today's Green River Natural Resources Area, on the right bank of the river.
This is a site record: what public sources say about O'Brien, 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 O'Brien is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover O'Brien
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.
- 1897 Tacoma sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1900 Tacoma sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1949 Renton sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Seattle sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1962 Seattle sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1975 Tacoma sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1983 Renton sheet, 1:25,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1991 Tacoma 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 O'Brien
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Washington index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "O'Brien, Washington": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q14713860.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).