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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #27c

Manhatten, Belmont and Gold Point ghost towns, August 2011
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Day five of this trek, departed Clown Motel, Tonopah NV.
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The manager of the Clown Motel heard we were ghost towning and recommended we take a trek up SR 376 through Big Smokey Valley to see Manhatten and Belmont, so off we went.
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East on SR 377 and up into the Toquima Range.
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Spotted these animals, never saw the likes of them.
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Kind of a mule deer, kind of a prong horn, not sure. A nice surprise.
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Just before hitting Manhattan, the Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
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Arriving at Manhattan NV, elevation 7,000 ft. A wealth of old buildings.
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The lower part of town is mainly historic abandoned buildings, with some residents off in the back hills.
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Restored church up the hill behind derelict trucks.
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