A Guide to Visiting Goldfield Ghost Town in Arizona

A Wild West town located near the Superstition Mountains with an underground mine, a narrow-gauge train, a saloon and gunfights too! You will see all this and more on a visit to the Goldfield Ghost Town in Arizona. Once a bustling gold mining town, it was eventually abandoned. The town today offers a fun experience that will take you back in time to the riveting days of the Wild West.

Strolling through the dusty land will give you an idea of what it was like to live there many years ago, but there are also some fun activities too including train rides, horseback rides, underground mine walk, and ziplining that make this a great tour.

History of Goldfield Ghost Town

Back in the 1890s, Goldfield area situated on a hilltop close to the Superstition Mountains and Goldfield Mountains literally struck gold. Since the metal ore was of a very high grade, it attracted miners and people from all over. Soon, a town developed in 1893 with an official post office, saloons, a general…