French Creek
French Creek is a stream in Calaveras County, Gold Country, California. French Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet The Shores of Poker Flat, as well as near Melones Sunset Lake Estates.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Melones Dam.
New Melones Dam
Dam
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New Melones Dam is an earth and rock filled embankment dam on the Stanislaus River, about 5 miles west of Jamestown, California, United States, on the border of Calaveras County and Tuolumne County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Copperopolis and Melones.
Copperopolis
Locality
Melones
Hamlet
Melones is a former settlement in Calaveras County, California, now submerged beneath a reservoir named New Melones Lake. It lay at an elevation of 955 feet. Melones is situated 5 miles northeast of French Creek.
French Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Calaveras County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.94548° or 37° 56′ 44″ northLongitude
-120.53992° or 120° 32′ 24″ westElevation
610 feet (186 metres)Open location code
849XWFW6+52GeoNames ID
5350836
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Shores of Poker Flat and Melones Sunset Lake Estates.
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Highlights include Bean Gulch and Iron Canyon.
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