French Gulch

French Gulch: 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 viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit French Gulch

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

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 French Gulch — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.12631, -120.57298. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near French Gulch

• Angels Camp Museum · museum · Calaveras · ~8 km · Must-see
• Mercer Caverns · cave · Calaveras · ~11 km · Must-see
• Vallecito Bell Monument · fort · Calaveras · ~12 km · Must-see
• California Caverns · cave · Calaveras · ~13 km · Must-see
• Moaning Cave · cave · Calaveras · ~14 km · Must-see
• New Melones Lake · lake · Calaveras · ~17 km · Must-see
• New Hogan Lake · lake · Calaveras · ~22 km · Must-see
• Chili Hill · viewpoint · Calaveras · ~23 km · Must-see
• Columbia State Historic Park · park · Tuolumne · ~23 km · Must-see
• Salt Spring Valley Reservoir · lake · Calaveras · ~23 km · Must-see
• Table Mountain · viewpoint · Tuolumne · ~25 km · Must-see
• New Melones Dam · lake · Calaveras · ~25 km · Must-see
• New Hogan Dam · lake · Calaveras · ~27 km · Must-see
• Sonora United Methodist Church · church · Tuolumne · ~28 km · Must-see
• Jamestown Methodist Church · church · Tuolumne · ~29 km · Must-see
• Tulloch Reservoir · lake · Calaveras · ~31 km · Must-see
• Tulloch 62-006 Dam · lake · Tuolumne · ~35 km · Must-see
• Pardee Dam · lake · Calaveras · ~35 km · Must-see

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Other hill stations & viewpoints near French Gulch

• Chili Hill · viewpoint · Calaveras · ~23 km · Must-see
• Table Mountain · viewpoint · Tuolumne · ~25 km · Must-see
• Corral Ridge · viewpoint · Douglas · ~73 km · Must-see
• Mokelumne Peak · viewpoint · Amador · ~77 km · Must-see
• Baltic Peak · viewpoint · El Dorado · ~79 km · Must-see
• Dardanelles Cone · viewpoint · Douglas · ~86 km · Must-see
• Ackerson Mountain · viewpoint · Tuolumne · ~87 km · Must-see
• Ackerson Mountain · viewpoint · Lyon · ~87 km · Must-see
• Bartlett Peak · viewpoint · Lyon · ~87 km · Must-see
• Pacific Grade Summit · viewpoint · Alpine · ~90 km · Must-see

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