Musk
Ghost town · Tulare County, California

Musk 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 Musk as a historical populated place on the Exeter 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 36.3280° N, 119.1509° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Exeter |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 390 ft |
| Nearest living town | Exeter, CA |
| Distance to it | 2.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1661905 |
| Coordinates | 36.32801, -119.15094 |
What's there now
Musk is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Exeter, CA (population 10,280), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 390 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Giant Oakghost town · Tulare County · 2.6 mi
- Grey Rocksghost town · Tulare County · 4.9 mi
- Sidesghost town · Tulare County · 6 mi
- Sandspurghost town · Tulare County · 8.1 mi
- Reynoldsghost town · Tulare County · 8.2 mi
- Hawkinsghost town · Tulare County · 8.7 mi
- Worthingghost town · Tulare County · 10.5 mi
- Orlemghost town · Tulare County · 11.1 mi
- Tiffinghost town · Tulare County · 12.1 mi
- Prewitghost town · Tulare County · 13.6 mi
- Portexghost town · Tulare County · 14.4 mi
- Burlingghost town · Tulare County · 14.6 mi
Questions
Where is Musk?
Musk is in Tulare County, California, at 36.3280, -119.1509.
How many ghost towns are in Tulare County?
Tulare County, California has 26 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.