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 The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. Rank : 9.0 (average on 4 votes)Coordinates : 38.211614,-119.012575 ( Open in Google Maps) Subjects : Bodie Ghost Town is located in California, situated on the slopes of the beautiful and barren Sierra Nevada. Its history can be traced back to 1859, when it was found a gold nugget in a desolate area to over 2,500 m above sea level. In a short time out of nowhere there arose a city that survived the first winter cold and, in 1879, gave its inhabitants a very rich vein of gold that led her quickly to become the second largest city in California after San Francisco, reaching a population of some 10,000 people made up of the most diverse human categories, such as adventurers, desperados, bandits, prostitutes and preachers lit ... Reached its peak around 1880, witnessed by the fact that there were as many as 65 saloons, an infinite number of brothels, a Chinese quarter and 4 cigar shops. Bodie Ghost Town fù a city where violence was rampant pace with the poor working conditions of miners, garnering up to a dead killed per day. The gold mine yielded approximately $ 100 million in less than one hundred years, until, in 1942, the U.S. government ordered the abandonment of the city as a result of a fire that destroyed about 95% of the buildings . Fortunately those remaining have been preserved in the state in which they were and are now part of Bodie Historic Park, park run by a small group of rangers that, at least during my visit, they were all over sixty!Recommended equipment : All optics will find here their use, because you can make beautiful landscape photos of the city and the surrounding mountains, as well as pictures of the many details that you can "catch" getting lost in the old houses in Bodie.Best months : The ideal time for visits from April to October, because in winter the road may not be accessible due to snow and cold.How to get there : Bodie is located on Route 270, the Bodie Road, 13 miles from Highway 395, north of Lee Vining and in the direction of Lake Tahoe. The Bodie Road has the last 5 km unpaved but passable, with a minimum of attention, even without an off-road, in a beautiful mountain scenery. Since along the Bodie Bodie Road and Town Ghhost there are no gas stations or restaurants or fast food, try to get there with an adequate supply of fuel and food. Bodie GT is unfortunately out of the classic circuit that connects Yosemite NP in Lee Vining (Mono Lake), then on the Death Valley and to get there you have to go north, then come back retracing the same route, to Lee Vining.Visits : Bodie is open in the summer (May 15 to October 31) from 9 to 18 and in winter (November 1 - May 14) from 9 to 15. Being a GT Bodie Historic Park ranger managed by elderly have to pay a ticket, the cost is $ 7 for adults and $ 5 for children, as this park is not part of the circuit included. Inside the park you can take part in guided tours by going to the Visitor Center in the city center, in an old building which has been built a special museum.Notes : For me the visit to Bodie Ghost Town was a wonderful experience, which began along a road that, when it becomes dirt, it gives the impression of actually being in another era also saw the wild landscape in which we move . This feeling persists even when visiting the city, I think from what I have seen directly, never has that nagging feeling of "overcrowded tourist" typical of so many other Americans Parks much more "famous"! Turn the dirt in the streets of Bodie is a journey back in time, imagining situations typical of those seen western movies as a child. Feeling accentuated by the views and details that an eye makes no effort to find scattered almost everywhere, and when we had to leave because the road was a lot to do that day, I really did reluctantly. | | Nearby:   Mono Lake 30 km
 Yosemite National Park 62 km
 Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest 118 km
 Geiger Summit 138 km
 Sequoia National Park 184 km
 Death Valley 244 km
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