Cottage Spring

Cottage Spring: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this attraction: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Cottage Spring

Season: October to February.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

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

How to reach Cottage Spring — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.34606, -120.21407. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cottage Spring

• Calaveras Big Trees State Park · sanctuary · Tuolumne · ~13 km · Must-see
• Salt Springs Reservoir · lake · Amador · ~21 km · Must-see
• Corral Ridge · viewpoint · Douglas · ~24 km · Must-see
• New Spicer Meadow Reservoir · lake · Douglas · ~25 km · Must-see
• Bear Valley · lake · Douglas · ~25 km · Must-see
• Lower Bear River Reservoir · lake · Amador · ~28 km · Must-see
• Lake Alpine · lake · Douglas · ~30 km · Must-see
• Mokelumne Peak · viewpoint · Amador · ~30 km · Must-see
• Pinecrest Lake · lake · Douglas · ~33 km · Must-see
• Stanislaus National Forest · sanctuary · Tuolumne · ~37 km · Must-see
• California Caverns · cave · Calaveras · ~38 km · Must-see
• Dardanelles Cone · viewpoint · Douglas · ~38 km · Must-see
• Mercer Caverns · cave · Calaveras · ~40 km · Must-see
• Pacific Grade Summit · viewpoint · Alpine · ~41 km · Must-see
• Twain Harte Evangelical Free Church · church · Tuolumne · ~43 km · Must-see
• Camp Lake · lake · Tuolumne · ~44 km · Must-see
• Camp Lake · lake · Douglas · ~44 km · Must-see
• Silver Lake · lake · Amador · ~44 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Cottage Spring

Other other attractions near Cottage Spring

• Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6 · attraction · Mariposa · ~104 km · Must-see
• Upper Yosemite Fall · attraction · Mariposa · ~106 km · Must-see
• Lower Yosemite Fall · attraction · Mariposa · ~107 km · Must-see
• Vernal Fall · attraction · Mariposa · ~113 km · Must-see
• KCMY · attraction · Carson City · ~126 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Giant · attraction · Mariposa · ~135 km · Must-see
• Black Spring · attraction · Calaveras · ~5 km
• Mud Spring · attraction · Calaveras · ~6 km
• Poison Spring · attraction · Calaveras · ~7 km
• White Spring · attraction · Tuolumne · ~21 km

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