National Recreation Area
National Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California. National Recreation Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Melones, as well as near Tuttletown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Archie Stevenot Bridge and Robinson’s Ferry.
Archie Stevenot Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Stevenot Bridge carries State Route 49 over New Melones Lake on the Stanislaus River between Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties in the U.S. state of California and was completed in 1976.
Robinson’s Ferry
Geographical marker
Robinson's Ferry is a historical site in Angels Camp, California in Calaveras County. John W. Robinson and Stephen Mead founded a ferry in 1848. The ferry crossed the river, where New Melones Lake is now.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melones.
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.
National Recreation Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.9886° or 37° 59′ 19″ northLongitude
-120.4976° or 120° 29′ 52″ westOpen location code
849XXGQ2+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 929895684OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
Discover National Recreation Area from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Melones Sunset Lake Estates and Tuttletown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tuttletown Recreation Area and Toledo Mine.
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