Best Camping Spots & Outdoor Adventures
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Wild Yosemite
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Sierra Nevada Adventure Co.
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Dragoon Gulch Trail Head
Oak woodland with hiking trails. A 2.5-mile hiking trail system looping through 35 acres of scenic oak woodland.
Mother Lode Fairgrounds
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YExplore Yosemite Adventures
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Columbia State Historic Park
Preserved Gold Rush-era landmark town. Costumed reenactors demonstrate life in the 1850s, with tours, stagecoach rides & panning for gold.
Natural Bridges Trailhead
Hiking area with swimming caves. Scenic, riverside hiking area featuring a trail leading to natural pools & swimming caverns.
Tuttletown Recreation Area
Lakeside park with trails & boat ramps. Park on the edge of New Melones Lake with boat ramps & hiking trails amid rolling hills.
Coyote Creek Cave
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Moaning Caverns Adventure Park
Adventurous tours of a natural cavern. Rappelling & walking tours offered at a 165-foot-deep natural cavern with above-ground zip lines.
Glory Hole Recreation Area
Lakeside park with campgrounds & more. Waterfront park with campgrounds, trails, visitor center & amphitheater, plus fishing & boating.
OARS California Rafting
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Ironstone Vineyards
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Utica Park
Recreational retreat with a playground. Shady public park offering a children's playground, grassy lawn areas & a picnic pavilion.
Angels Camp Museum
Museum of local history & gold mining. Museum featuring indoor & outdoor exhibits on local history, including gold mining & farming.
WorldMark Angels Camp
Casual resort with tennis, pools & a gym. Informal 1- to 3-bedroom condos in a low-key resort with 3 outdoor pools, a gym & a tennis court.
Red Hills Recreational Management Area
Interpretive nature trails & bald eagles. Sparse landscape features an interpretive nature trail system & bald eagle sightings in the winter.
Murphys Community Park
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Italian Bar Cabin
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Mercer Caverns
Cave system with rock & frost formations. Tours of a cave discovered by a 19th-century gold prospector, with mineral shapes formed by frost.
Echo Adventure Cooperative
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Three Links Camp
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Knights Ferry Recreation Area
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STANISLAUS RIVER PARKS
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Lake Don Pedro - Fleming Meadows Entrance
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Rocksteady Adventures
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Stanislaus National Forest Vista: Rim of the World
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Lair of the Golden Bear - Camp Blue
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Acorn Campground
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Modesto Reservoir Regional Park
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Stanislaus National Forest
Alpine destination for outdoor activity. Mountain wilderness with roads, trails & rivers for rafting, camping, hiking, snowmobiling & more.
Mather Family Camp
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Roaring Camp Mining Company
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Gold Country Campground Resort
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Henderson Park
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Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park
State park preserving Native history. Historic park with replica Miwok Indian village structures, a museum & bark house camping sites.
Pardee Lake Recreation
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Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park
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Black Chasm Cavern National Natural Landmark
Cave with rock & crystal formations. Subterranean cave featuring stalactites, stalagmites & crystal outcrops, with tours & activities.
Jacob Myers Park
Picnicking, camping, fishing & hiking. Green space offering a boat ramp, camping area & fishing, plus a picnic gazebo, playground & trails.
Castleberg Park
Public park for basketball & baseball. Sports facilities include basketball & baseball fields in a park with walking trails & restrooms.
Lake Amador Resort
RV park & campground with a fishing lake. Relaxed RV park & campsite on 1,300 wooded acres with a stocked fishing lake & a clubhouse.
Camanche Recreation Company - North Shore
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Silva Park
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Ustach Park
Playgrounds, a bike path & picnic areas. Park with picnic facilities, a bike loop, basketball courts & playgrounds for toddlers & big kids.
Dry Creek Trail
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East La Loma Park
Shaded trails, plus sports & play areas. Tree-lined city park offering basketball & tennis courts, disc golf, trails & a playground.
Ceres River Bluff Regional Park
Big recreational area with sports fields. 76-acre park with 5 soccer fields & 2 softball fields, plus a basketball & a volleyball court.
Tuolumne River Regional Park
Riverside green space with a golf course. Public parkland covering 500 acres divided into 5 areas, including bicycle trails & a golf course.
Don Pedro Park
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Wildhaven Yosemite Glamping
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Boomers Modesto
Family fun center with mini-golf & more. National amusement center chain featuring mini-golf, go-karts, bumper boats & arcade games.
Lake Yosemite County Park
Reservoir for recreation & picnics. Scenic park with an artificial reservoir for swimming, fishing & kayaking, plus picnic shelters.
Mavis Stouffer Park
Riverside spot for hiking & picnics. Scenic nature spot on the river with a picnic pavilion, walking trails, sports fields & a stadium.
Rancho Seco Campground
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Rancho Seco Park
Boating, fishing & lakeside camping. A former nuclear power station hosts this 160-acre lake with boating, fishing & camping facilities.
Merced's Applegate Park Zoo
Green space & zoo with rescued animals. This park with picnic areas & a playground is home to a small zoo that shelters native wildlife.
Lasting Adventures
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Caswell Memorial State Park
Park running along the Stanislaus River. Covering more than 250 acres along Stanislaus River, this park is home to many endangered species.
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