Merced Regional Airport 1 hr 23
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (15 min) This park dedicated to historic trains offers tours of the roadhouse & seasonal locomotive rides. Gold Prospecting Adventures (14 min) Twisted Oak Winery (18 min) Winery, vineyard, zinfandel, merlot, and wine tasting Inner Sanctum Cellars Basecamp & Event Center (3 min) Angels Camp City Museum (23 min) Museum featuring indoor & outdoor exhibits on local history, including gold mining & farming. Mercer Caverns (25 min) Tours of a cave discovered by a 19th-century gold prospector, with mineral shapes formed by frost. Tuolumne County Museum (9 min) Photos, antiques & artifacts on county history & the California Gold Rush, displayed in an old jail. Natural Bridges Trailhead (11 min) Scenic, riverside hiking area featuring a trail leading to natural pools & swimming caverns. Dragoon Gulch Trail Head (11 min) A 2.5-mile hiking trail system looping through 35 acres of scenic oak woodland. Moaning Caverns Adventure Park (16 min) Rappelling & walking tours offered at a 165-foot-deep natural cavern with above-ground zip lines. Chatom and School Street Winery (17 min) Winery, vineyard, wine, and wine tasting Indigeny Reserve (20 min) Columbia State Historic Park (2 min) Costumed reenactors demonstrate life in the 1850s, with tours, stagecoach rides & panning for gold. Newsome Harlow (21 min) New Melones Lake (29 min) Rolling hills surround this dam & reservoir offering fishing, boating, camping & hiking. |