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Sunland

Ghost town · Inyo County, California

Bishop quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:62,500)
Bishop quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sunland is a ghost town in Inyo County, California. It is one of 29 former communities in Inyo County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 58 California counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sunland as a historical populated place on the Bishop 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 37.3324° N, 118.4046° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBishop
Elevation4,203 ft
Nearest living townBishop, CA
Distance to it2.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1804605
Coordinates37.33243, -118.40455

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What's there now

Sunland is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bishop, CA (population 3,793), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,203 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 Sunland?

Sunland is in Inyo County, California, at 37.3324, -118.4046.

How many ghost towns are in Inyo County?

Inyo County, California has 29 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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