Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve
Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve is a reserve in Sacramento County, Sacramento Valley, California. Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet El Dorado Hills, as well as near the locality Hidden Valley.Places of Interest
Highlights include Folsom State Prison and California State Prison, Sacramento.
Folsom State Prison
Prison
Photo: Vidor, Public domain.
Folsom California State Prison is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, United States, approximately 20 miles northeast of the state capital of Sacramento. Folsom State Prison is situated 2½ miles west of Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve.
California State Prison, Sacramento
Prison
California State Prison, Sacramento is a male-only state prison located in the city of Folsom, in Sacramento County, California. The facility is also referenced as Sacramento State Prison, CSP-Sacramento, CSP-SAC, and occasionally, New Folsom or New Folsom Prison which was its official name prior to October 1992. California State Prison, Sacramento is situated 2 miles west of Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve.
Folsom Dam
Power station
Photo: The Oaked Ridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Folsom Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the American River of Northern California in the United States, about 25 mi northeast of Sacramento. The dam is 340 ft high and 1,400 ft long, flanked by earthen wing dams. Folsom Dam is situated 2½ miles west of Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Dorado Hills and Folsom.
El Dorado Hills
Photo: Vince Migliore, CC BY 3.0.
El Dorado Hills is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in El Dorado County, California. Located in the Greater Sacramento region of Northern California, it had a population of 50,547 at the 2020 census, up from 42,108 at the 2010 census.
Folsom
Photo: The Oaked Ridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Folsom is a city of 82,000 people in Sacramento County in California. Folsom is home to Folsom Lake College, Folsom Dam, Folsom Prison and a historic district. Folsom is also home to the largest private employer in the Sacramento area, Intel.
Mormon Island Wetlands Natural Preserve
- Type: Reserve
- Location: Sacramento County, Sacramento Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.69629° or 38° 41′ 47″ northLongitude
-121.11481° or 121° 6′ 53″ westElevation
377 feet (115 metres)Open location code
84CWMVWP+G3GeoNames ID
8502655
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