Cheap Things To Do in Big Oak Flat, California

Inscription. Initiated Ione Lodge 51 & Ione Rebeka Lodge 270 – 1931 Transferred Yosemite Lodge 97 – 1941 Big Oak Rebeka Lodge 259 – 1947 District Deputy Grand Master 1943 & 1958 District Deputy Grand Marshall 1948 ... More on HMDB

Inscription. First called Savage Diggins after the man who discovered gold here, 1848. Renamed Big Oak Flat about 1850 after giant oak tree that stood in the center of town, near this spot. Oak, which was about 13 feet in diameter ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Sizable settlement established at this rich placer location in 1849 by miners spreading east from Big Oak Flat and Groveland. Famous Hangman's Tree, part of which still stands (1950), ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Formerly called “First Garrote” traced to hanging of Mexican for stealing horse. Adobe buildings still standing (1949) built in 1849 as shown by dated adobe brick taken fro... More on HMDB

Vacation rentals located in the beautiful setting of Pine Mountain Lake near Yosemite National Park. yosemitegold@goldrush.com; ... More on Visitcalifornia.com

Inscription. The Tuolumne River supplies 85% of the water for 2.4 million people. It originates from pristine spring snowmelt as far upstream as Mt. Lyell at an elevation of 13,114 feet. The City and County of San Francisco protects ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Tablet 1), OShaughnessy Dam: 1915–1922, City and County of San Francisco. James Rolph Jr. Mayor, Foundation Elev. 3388 Bottom Valves Elev. 3508 Initial Crest Elev. 3726 Length o... More on HMDB

Inscription. The great 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed key portions of the City of San Franciscos water system. The three days of unquenchable fires that followed the quake claimed more tha... More on HMDB

'Don Pedro Reservoir' is an artificial lake formed by the construction of the Don Pedro Dam across the Tuolumne River in the Stanislaus National Forest of Tuolumne County, California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Communities ... More on Wikipedia

Learn to Pan & Sluice for Gold on the Historic Woods Creek. Open Daily, Reservations Recommended, Cost Var... More on Visitcalifornia.com

The rest of the day we found a few more nuggletts and a bit of dust. More on insiderpages.com

With a wide range of exhibits, the Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum allows visitors to learn about a number of different areas of California history. With displays about Spanish settlement, local agricultural history, historic newspapers, ... More on Heritage

Since 1965, we at Sierra Mac River Rafting Trips have dedicated ourselves to providing exceptionally fine whitewater river trips. We operate exclusively on California's extraordinary Tuolumne River, one of the few rivers in the state ... More on allaboutrivers.com