New Melones Lake
New Melones Lake is a reservoir on the Stanislaus River in the central Sierra Nevada foothills, within Calaveras County and Tuolumne County, California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir on the Stanislaus River, California
- Also known as: “Melones Reservoir” and “New Melones Reservoir”
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 Melones and Copperopolis.
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 north of New Melones Lake.
Copperopolis
Locality
Copperopolis is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 3,400 at the 2020 census, down from 3,671 at the 2010 census. Copperopolis is situated 5 miles west of New Melones Lake.
Jamestown
Jamestown is an unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States. Formerly a California Gold Rush town, Jamestown was designated a California Historical Landmark on March 16, 1949.
New Melones Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover New Melones Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“New Melones Lake” goes by many names.
- French: “lac New Melones”
- French: “Lac New Melones”
- Hebrew: “אגם ניו מלונס”
- Italian: “lago New Melones”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “New Melones Lake”
- Russian: “Нью-Мелонес”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Melones Sunset Lake Estates and Heavenly Hills.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Iron Canyon and New Melones Dam.
Tuolumne County: Must-Visit Destinations
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