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Alta Vista

Ghost town · Tulare County, California

Success quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000)
Success quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Alta Vista is a ghost town in Tulare County, California. It is one of 26 former communities in Tulare County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Alta Vista as a historical populated place on the Success Dam topographic quadrangle: 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 36.0550° N, 118.9640° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSuccess Dam
Elevation500 ft
Nearest living townEast Porterville, CA
Distance to it0.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1835742
Coordinates36.05495, -118.96399

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What's there now

Alta Vista is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is East Porterville, CA (population 4,567), about 0.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 500 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Alta Vista?

Alta Vista is in Tulare County, California, at 36.0550, -118.9640.

How many ghost towns are in Tulare County?

Tulare County, California has 26 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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