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Mariposa County was one of the original 27 counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850. While it began as the state's largest county, territory that was once part of Mariposa was ceded over time to form all or part of twelve other counties, including all of Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings, and Kern; and parts of San Benito, Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles.
Badger Pass is one of only three lift serviced ski areas operating in a US National Park (Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard Area in Olympic National Park and Boston Mills/Brandywine Ski Resort in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park are the others). It is situated five miles (8 km) south-southeast of the Chinquapin intersection of Wawona Road (HWY ...
1,032,000 acre⋅ft (1.273 × 10 9 m 3) Lake McClure is a reservoir in the Sierra Nevada foothills of western Mariposa County, California, United States. It is formed by the New Exchequer Dam impounding the Merced River, which is a tributary of the San Joaquin River. It is about 40 miles (64 km) east of Modesto.
Bryant-Jon Anteola. July 23, 2022 at 9:26 PM. The Oak Fire has been burning since Friday afternoon in the mountainous terrain of Mariposa County, about 14 miles from Yosemite National Park’s ...
Mariposa is located at 37°29′06″N 119°57′59″W, [2] at 1,949 feet (594 m) in elevation. It lies in the rugged foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Mariposa Creek flows through the town. The urban area's soil is mostly brown to reddish brown loam of the Blasingame series.
Midpines is a census-designated place [5] in Mariposa County, California. [2] It lies among the Sierra Nevada foothills of the central part of the state at an elevation of 2,585 feet (788 m), [2] 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Mariposa, the county seat, and 22 miles (35 km) by road southwest of El Portal. It is composed of scattered residential ...
Bear Valley, California may refer to: Bear Valley, Alpine County, California, a census-designated place, the site of the Bear Valley Music Festival. Bear Valley (resort), Alpine County, a ski resort. Bear Valley, Colusa County, California. Bear Valley, Mariposa County, California, a census-designated place.
There are 45 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 4 National Historic Landmarks. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 30, 2024.[2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.