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Calico Ghost Town

36600 Ghost Town Rd., Yermo, CA 92398

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. Today, the park operates mine tours, gunfight stunt shows, gold panning, several restaurants, the historic, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge Calico & Odessa Railroad, a Mystery Shack. and a number of trinket stores.

It's near Barstow, Calif. off Interstate 15, the main route between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

This description includes material adapted from the Wikipedia article "Calico, San Bernardino County, California", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. It has been edited for brevity and to conform with the style of this website. The edited description is distributed under the terms of the same Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0 license.

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