Calico, California

Calico is a ghost town and former mining town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Calico Mountains of the Mojave Desert region of Southern California, it was founded in 1881 as a silver mining town, and was later converted into a county park named Calico Ghost Town. Located off Interstate 15, it lies 3 miles (4.8 km) from Barstow and 3 miles from Yermo. Giant letters spelling CALICO are visible, from the highway, on the Calico Peaks behind it. Walter Knott purchased Calico in the 1950s, and rebuilt all but the five remaining original buildings to look as they did in the 1880s. Calico received California Historical Landmark #782, and in 2005 was proclaimed by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to be California's Silver Rush Ghost Town.

Calico
Calico in the Mojave Desert
Calico
Location within Southern California
Coordinates: 34°56′56″N 116°51′51″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySan Bernardino
Elevation
2,283 ft (696 m)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDTTooltip Pacific Daylight Time)
ZIP code
92398
Area codes760/442
GNISTooltip Geographic Names Information System feature ID1660414
Websiteparks.sbcounty.gov/category/calico
Reference no.782
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