Quail Gulch

Quail 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 Quail 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 Quail Gulch — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.01326, -120.46270. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Quail Gulch

• New Melones Lake · lake · Calaveras · ~2 km · Must-see
• Table Mountain · viewpoint · Tuolumne · ~5 km · Must-see
• Columbia State Historic Park · park · Tuolumne · ~6 km · Must-see
• Moaning Cave · cave · Calaveras · ~8 km · Must-see
• Sonora United Methodist Church · church · Tuolumne · ~9 km · Must-see
• Jamestown Methodist Church · church · Tuolumne · ~10 km · Must-see
• Vallecito Bell Monument · fort · Calaveras · ~10 km · Must-see
• New Melones Dam · lake · Calaveras · ~11 km · Must-see
• Angels Camp Museum · museum · Calaveras · ~13 km · Must-see
• Mercer Caverns · cave · Calaveras · ~19 km · Must-see
• Tulloch Reservoir · lake · Calaveras · ~21 km · Must-see
• Tulloch 62-006 Dam · lake · Tuolumne · ~25 km · Must-see
• Twain Harte Evangelical Free Church · church · Tuolumne · ~26 km · Must-see
• California Caverns · cave · Calaveras · ~27 km · Must-see
• Salt Spring Valley Reservoir · lake · Calaveras · ~31 km · Must-see
• Don Pedro Reservoir · lake · Tuolumne · ~34 km · Must-see
• Knights Ferry Covered Bridge · church · Stanislaus · ~35 km · Must-see
• New Hogan Lake · lake · Calaveras · ~39 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Quail Gulch

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Quail Gulch

• Table Mountain · viewpoint · Tuolumne · ~5 km · Must-see
• Chili Hill · viewpoint · Calaveras · ~43 km · Must-see
• Ackerson Mountain · viewpoint · Tuolumne · ~70 km · Must-see
• Ackerson Mountain · viewpoint · Lyon · ~70 km · Must-see
• Drunken Gulch · viewpoint · Mineral · ~74 km · Must-see
• Bartlett Peak · viewpoint · Lyon · ~76 km · Must-see
• Corral Ridge · viewpoint · Douglas · ~78 km · Must-see
• Granite Dome · viewpoint · Douglas · ~83 km · Must-see
• Mokelumne Peak · viewpoint · Amador · ~83 km · Must-see
• Tiltill Valley · viewpoint · Lyon · ~84 km · Must-see

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