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2. John Olmsted (naturalist) - Wikipedia

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   John D. Olmsted (March 2, 1938 – March 8, 2011) was a California naturalist and conservationist most famous for creating the Independence Trail in Nevada City, California, as well as helping to save numerous other parcels across California, including Jug Handle State Natural Reserve in Casper, California, Goat Mountain in the Berryessa Snow ...

3. Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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   73000418. Added to NRHP. April 11, 1973 [ 1] Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is a state park unit preserving Malakoff Diggins, the largest hydraulic mining site in California, United States. The mine was one of several hydraulic mining sites at the center of the 1882 landmark case Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company. [ 2]

4. Sierra High Route - Wikipedia

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   Near Feather Peak, 12,360+ ft (3,767 m) [3] [4] Lowest point. Cedar Grove, 5,020 ft (1,530 m) [4] The Sierra High Route (also called the Roper Route and the High Route) is a cross-country hiking route, 195 miles (314 km) long, through the Sierra Nevada. It was scouted by Steve Roper and described by him in his book Sierra High Route: Traversing ...

5. John Muir Trail - Wikipedia

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   Starr's Guide to the John Muir Trail and the High Sierra Region. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-172-7. Wenk, Elizabeth (2014). The John Muir Trail: The essential guide to hiking America's most famous trail (5th ed.). Berkeley: Wilderness Press. ISBN 978-0-89997-736-2. Winnett, Thomas (1970). High Sierra Hiking Guide #4: Tuolumne ...

6. Pacific Crest Trail - Wikipedia

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   Diarrhea from water. Trail map. The Pacific Crest Trail ( PCT ), officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 km) east of the U.S. Pacific coast.

7. Independence Trail - Wikipedia

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   The Independence Trail is located approximately 7 miles from downtown Nevada City within the South Yuba River State Park in the Sierra Nevada foothills within Nevada County, in Northern California. The trail is the former Excelsior Ditch, which was found and repaired by John Olmsted and a large group of local volunteers. It is notable for being ...

8. Nevada City, California - Wikipedia

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   Nevada City (originally, Ustumah, a Nisenan village; [6] later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell's Upper Store) [7] is the county seat of Nevada County, California, United States, 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Sacramento, 84 miles (135 km) southwest of Reno and 147 miles (237 km) northeast of San Francisco. The population was 3,152 ...

9. Ansel Adams Wilderness - Wikipedia

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   Created. 1964. Governing body. U.S. Forest Service. The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. The wilderness spans 231,533 acres (93,698 ha); 33.9% of the territory lies in the Inyo National Forest, 65.8% is in the Sierra National Forest, and the remaining 0.3% covers nearly all of Devils ...