Rancho Sonora Estates

Rancho Sonora Estates is a hamlet in Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California. Rancho Sonora Estates is situated nearby to the hamlet Gibbs Ranch, as well as near the neighborhood Knox Hill.

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Tuolumne County, California, United States
Also known as: “Rancho Sonora Estates, CA” and “Rancho Sonora Estates, California”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jewish Cemetery and St. James’ Episcopal Church.

Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery

The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, also known as Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, is an inactive Jewish cemetery founded in c. 1851, and located in Sonora, California. This was the first Jewish cemetery in the Gold Rush region.

St. James’ Episcopal Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

St. James' Episcopal Church, also known as The Red Church, is an historic Episcopal church building, formerly Anglican, located at 42 Snell Street, in Sonora, California.

Sonora Union High School

School

Sonora Union High School, also known as Sonora High School, is a public high school in Sonora, California. It is a part of and the largest school in the Sonora Union High School District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sonora and Springfield.

Sonora

Photo: Vayne, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sonora is a city of 4,900 people in Tuolumne County in California's Gold Country. As the closest city to Yosemite National Park, Sonora provides services to some of Yosemite's visitors.

Springfield

Hamlet

Springfield is an unincorporated community located in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It is a former California Gold Rush boomtown in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and is now designated as a California Historical Landmark. Springfield is situated 2 miles north of Rancho Sonora Estates.

Martinez

Hamlet

Martinez was a mining settlement during the California Gold Rush in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It became a ghost town, but now is a populated place at a mean elevation of 2,182 feet, north of Sawmill Flat, another former gold rush settlement. Martinez is situated 2½ miles northeast of Rancho Sonora Estates.

Rancho Sonora Estates

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.99326° or 37° 59′ 36″ north

Longitude

-120.40381° or 120° 24′ 14″ west

Elevation

2,064 feet (629 metres)

Open location code

849XXHVW+8F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 150977380

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5386104

Wikidata ID

Q122565185

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gibbs Ranch and Knox Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St. Susanna Orthodox Church and Shaws Flat Cemetery.

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