Belfort, California

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Belfort
Belfort is located in California
Belfort
Belfort
Location in California
Belfort is located in the United States
Belfort
Belfort
Belfort (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°24′59″N 119°16′02″W / 38.41639°N 119.26722°W / 38.41639; -119.26722Coordinates: 38°24′59″N 119°16′02″W / 38.41639°N 119.26722°W / 38.41639; -119.26722
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyMono County
Elevation10,210 ft (3,112 m)

Belfort is an unincorporated community in Mono County, California.[1] It is located 8.5 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Fales Hot Springs,[2] at an elevation of 10210 feet (3112 m).[1]

The place was a mining camp in the 1880s.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Belfort, California
  2. ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1146. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.