Belshaw House - Cerro Gordo Ghost Town
Location & Map
Address Details
- Full Address
- Cerro Gordo Rd, Keeler, CA, United States
- City
- Keeler
- County
- Inyo County
- State / Province
- California
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 36.53765, -117.79473
Contact & Links
- Website
- https://cerrogordo.us
The Haunting
The haunted listing for Belshaw House is sparse: HauntedPlaces says the 1868 house, once associated with Mortimer Belshaw, is believed to be haunted, and one 2014 commenter says they stayed there in July 2005 without incident. Later popular media and paranormal coverage of Cerro Gordo add broader ghost-town claims, including stories about child spirits and the Belshaw House, but those should be treated as entertainment-era folklore unless tied to a named source or historical record.
The more durable story is the place itself. Belshaw House sits within Cerro Gordo, a high, remote mining camp reached from Keeler by a steep dirt road. Its atmosphere comes from isolation, altitude, mining ruins, old buildings, and the violent reputation of a boomtown that once supported thousands of people. The haunting should be framed as Cerro Gordo folklore layered onto a specific surviving Belshaw-era structure.
Activity Details
Activity Level
Reported Activity
What People Are Saying
Summary of visitor and community commentary
Public comments are thin for the house itself. HauntedPlaces has only one substantive comment, from a person who says they stayed in Belshaw House in July 2005 and had no paranormal incidents. Broader Cerro Gordo coverage emphasizes the town's eerie setting, violent mining-camp reputation, isolation, and restoration story more than a consistent Belshaw House apparition. Travel writing after the 2018 sale often talks about preserving authenticity rather than turning the town into a polished museum.
The practical community message is access: Cerro Gordo is private property, remote, high-elevation, and dependent on road and restoration conditions. This page should discourage casual trespass and present any visit as by permission or organized access only.