Gypsite, California

Gypsite
Ghost town
Gypsite is located in California
Gypsite
Gypsite
Location in California
Gypsite is located in the United States
Gypsite
Gypsite
Gypsite (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°19′52″N 117°55′52″W / 35.33111°N 117.93111°W / 35.33111; -117.93111
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyKern County
Elevation1,959 ft (597 m)

Gypsite was a small community at the site of a mill in Kern County, California.[1]

It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Saltdale, in the Fremont Valley of the Mojave Desert[2] at an elevation of 1,959 feet (597 m).[1] It is located near Koehn Lake south-southwest of Ridgecrest near Garlock, California.

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gypsite, California
  2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1043. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.