Pilgrim Hot Springs

Ghost town · Nome County, Alaska

Bendeleben A-6 quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:63,360) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pilgrim Hot Springs is a ghost town in Nome County, Alaska, recorded as unincorporated community in the State of Alaska, United States. It is one of 4 former communities in Nome County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 23rd among the 34 Alaska counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pilgrim Hot Springs as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 65.0927° N, 164.9230° W.

Key facts

Elevation	18 ft
Nearest living town	Nome, AK
Distance to it	43.1 miles
Coordinates	65.09272, -164.92297

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What's there now

Pilgrim Hot Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Nome, AK (population 3,668), about 43.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 18 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Our Lady of Lourdes church building, abandoned Catholic church at Pilgrim Springs, Alaska, a former Catholic orphanage. · Sir Mildred Pierce / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Nearby places

Igloo
ghost town · Nome (CA) County · 5.6 mi
Shelton
ghost town · Nome (CA) County · 9.7 mi
Kauwerak
ghost town · Nome (CA) County · 10.7 mi
Kaviak
ghost town · Nome (CA) County · 17.3 mi
Spooner
ghost town · Nome (CA) County · 28.7 mi
Tuksuk
ghost town · Nome (CA) County · 34.2 mi
Kow-e-rok
ghost town · Nome (CA) County · 34.7 mi
Shinnapago
ghost town · Nome (CA) County · 35.1 mi
Sullivan
ghost town · Nome (CA) County · 37.3 mi
Council
ghost town · Nome County · 38.9 mi
Dickson
ghost town · Nome County · 40.1 mi
Discovery
ghost town · Nome (CA) County · 41.2 mi

Questions

Where is Pilgrim Hot Springs?

Pilgrim Hot Springs is in Nome County, Alaska, at 65.0927, -164.9230.

How many ghost towns are in Nome County?

Nome County, Alaska has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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