California Cavern is a Limestone cave in the Sierra Nevada foothills, in Cave City, Calaveras County, California. The series of interconnected caverns are one of the earliest officially recorded caves in the Mother Lode region of California. California Caverns is situated 2 miles west of Sheep Ranch Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sheep Ranch and Cave City.

Sheep Ranch

Hamlet

Sheep Ranch is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2359 feet. Sheep Ranch was named after a sheep ranch.

Cave City

Locality

Cave City is an unincorporated community in Calaveras County, California. It lies at an elevation of 1,617 feet and is located at. The community is in ZIP code 95222 and area code 209. Cave City is situated 2 miles west of Sheep Ranch Mine.

Murphys

Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.

Murphys is an old gold-mining town in Calaveras County within the Gold Country region of California. The town has been a tourist destination since the late 1800s due to its proximity to the giant sequoia trees in Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

Sheep Ranch Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Calaveras County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.20853° or 38° 12′ 31″ north

Longitude

-120.46937° or 120° 28′ 10″ west

Elevation

2,349 feet (716 metres)

Open location code

84CX6G5J+C7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369167070

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5395071

Wikidata ID

Q49448009

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In Other Languages

“Sheep Ranch Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sheep Ranch Mine”

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