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Ballarat, California: Alien Mailbox

In Death Valley, on a dirt road, a bright green official U.S. post office mailbox awaits your letters to the Space People.

Address:
Indian Ranch Rd, Ballarat, CA
Directions:
3.5 miles north of the ghost town of Ballarat on Indian Ranch Rd (a dirt road).
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Alien mail.

Alien Mailbox

Approximately 1-2 miles up Indian Ranch Road from the ghost town of Ballarat is a green mailbox where you can send mail to aliens in space! Mail is collected every month or so. Please feel free to drop in a letter or something silly (but no trash. please).

[Sally Foster, 02/06/2020]

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