Cathey Pond

Cathey Pond: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Cathey Pond

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Cathey Pond — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.47359, -120.22742. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cathey Pond

• Lake McClure · lake · Mariposa · ~23 km · Must-see
• Drunken Gulch · viewpoint · Mineral · ~24 km · Must-see
• Bridalveil Falls- Yosemite National Park · sanctuary · Merced · ~26 km · Must-see
• California State Mining and Mineral Museum · museum · Mineral · ~31 km · Must-see
• Coulterville Park · sanctuary · Mariposa · ~33 km · Must-see
• New Don Pedro Dam · lake · Tuolumne · ~38 km · Must-see
• Merced Bethel Seventh Day Adventist Church · church · Merced · ~39 km · Must-see
• H. V. Eastman Lake · lake · Mineral · ~44 km · Must-see
• Atwater Baptist Church · church · Merced · ~44 km · Must-see
• Don Pedro Reservoir · lake · Tuolumne · ~45 km · Must-see
• Chowchilla New Life Apostolic Church · church · Madera · ~50 km · Must-see
• Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6 · attraction · Mariposa · ~56 km · Must-see
• El Portal · lake · Mineral · ~56 km · Must-see
• Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park · park · Madera · ~57 km · Must-see
• Ackerson Mountain · viewpoint · Tuolumne · ~64 km · Must-see
• Ackerson Mountain · viewpoint · Lyon · ~64 km · Must-see
• Oakhurst · church · Mineral · ~67 km · Must-see
• Knights Ferry Covered Bridge · church · Stanislaus · ~68 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Cathey Pond

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Cathey Pond

• Lake McClure · lake · Mariposa · ~23 km · Must-see
• New Don Pedro Dam · lake · Tuolumne · ~38 km · Must-see
• H. V. Eastman Lake · lake · Mineral · ~44 km · Must-see
• Don Pedro Reservoir · lake · Tuolumne · ~45 km · Must-see
• El Portal · lake · Mineral · ~56 km · Must-see
• Tulloch 62-006 Dam · lake · Tuolumne · ~70 km · Must-see
• Tulloch Reservoir · lake · Calaveras · ~71 km · Must-see
• New Melones Dam · lake · Calaveras · ~74 km · Must-see
• Ostrander Lake · lake · Mineral · ~77 km · Must-see
• Ostrander Lake · lake · Mariposa · ~77 km · Must-see

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