Gaggs Campground
Gaggs Campground is a camp in Madera County, San Joaquin Valley, California and has an elevation of 5,853 feet. Gaggs Campground is situated nearby to the hamlet Central Camp, as well as near Shuteye Peak.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shuteye Peak and Shuteye Peak Lookout.
Shuteye Peak
Peak
Shuteye Peak is a mountain located in the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, California on the highest point of Chiquito Ridge. It is home to the first permanent fire lookout built in the Sierra Nevada. Shuteye Peak is situated 2½ miles east of Gaggs Campground.
Shuteye Peak Lookout
Tower
Photo: Guywelch2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shuteye Peak Lookout is a tower, which is situated 2½ miles east of Gaggs Campground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Central Camp and Whisky Falls.
Central Camp
Hamlet
Central Camp is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located 3 miles west of Shuteye Peak, at an elevation of 5417 feet. From 1923 until the early 1930s, Central Camp was the base camp for the Sugar Pine Lumber Company, one of California's largest operations at the time.
Whisky Falls
Locality
Whisky Falls is an unincorporated area of Madera County, California. It is located 4.5 miles south of Shuteye Peak, at an elevation of 5,912 feet. In the early 1900s, author Stewart Edward White built a cabin on Peckinpah Mountain near the old mill near Whiskey Falls, and wrote about the experience in The Cabin. Whisky Falls is situated 5 miles south of Gaggs Campground.
Bass Lake
Village
Photo: Guywelch2000, Public domain.
Madera County is in California. The western half of the county is in the San Joaquin Valley, the eastern half extends across the Gold Country into the Sierra Nevada mountains. Bass Lake is situated 6 miles southwest of Gaggs Campground.
Gaggs Campground
- Type: Camp
- Also known as: “Gaggs Camp”
- Location: Madera County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.36105° or 37° 21′ 40″ northLongitude
-119.46736° or 119° 28′ 3″ westElevation
5,853 feet (1,784 metres)Open location code
85929G6M+C3GeoNames ID
5351357
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