Empire Mine Road

California · United States · Hospital

Halfway along the road there is a stuccoed wall covered in spray paint. The asylum at the end of the road is a rumour.

Empire Mine Road at Antioch, California is one of the best known legend trips in the Bay Area, and the warning in the original account should be repeated first. It is posted against trespass, and people are fined and arrested there.

Halfway along the road stands a stuccoed wall covered in graffiti, which is what visitors come to find.

The rumour is of an old asylum at the far end of the road. There was no asylum. The road runs through ranch land and old coal mining country, and what is out there is fencing, cattle and the remains of workings.

The area is genuinely worth walking for its own sake, in the parts that are open.

The coal towns of the Black Diamond field were here, and the cemetery at Rose Hill is the only thing left of them.

Structures may have been demolished since this account was written.

FAQ

Where is Empire Mine Road located?

Empire Mine Road is in California, United States.