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El Nido Mobile Home Estates

Ghost town · Orange County, California

Santa Ana quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1896, 1:62,500)
Santa Ana quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1896, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

El Nido Mobile Home Estates is a ghost town in Orange County, California. It is one of 12 former communities in Orange County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 29th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists El Nido Mobile Home Estates as a historical populated place on the Newport Beach 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 33.6336° N, 117.9217° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNewport Beach
Elevation92 ft
Nearest living townCosta Mesa, CA
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1765305
Coordinates33.63363, -117.92172

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What's there now

El Nido Mobile Home Estates is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Costa Mesa, CA (population 110,538), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 92 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 El Nido Mobile Home Estates?

El Nido Mobile Home Estates is in Orange County, California, at 33.6336, -117.9217.

How many ghost towns are in Orange County?

Orange County, California has 12 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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