Wayfarrow

Rains

Ghost town · Carbon County, Utah

Castle Gate quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500)
Castle Gate quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1914, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Rains is a ghost town in Carbon County, Utah. It is one of 20 former communities in Carbon County on the federal names register. No county in Utah has more among the 28 Utah counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Rains 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 39.7094° N, 110.9632° W.

Key facts

Nearest living townHelper, UT
Distance to it5.7 miles
Coordinates39.70941, -110.96322

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Rains is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Helper, UT (population 2,680), about 5.7 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Rains
· Russell Lee / Wikimedia Commons · public-domain

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Rains?

Rains is in Carbon County, Utah, at 39.7094, -110.9632.

How many ghost towns are in Carbon County?

Carbon County, Utah has 20 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.