Calaveras Big Trees State Park Campgrounds & Cabins


At the park entrance is busy North Grove Campground. Less crowded, hillside Oak Hollow Campground is about 4 miles further along the park’s main road. Rustic two-bedroom cabins with kitchens are also rented.


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1. Calaveras Big Trees State Park

1.11 MILES

Home to giant sequoia trees that reach as high as 250ft with trunk diameters of over 25ft, these leftovers from the Mesozoic era are thought to weigh…

3. Newsome-Harlow

14.98 MILES

This family run winery pours the juicy red varietals that made them famous in their lively tasting lounge. At times, the place feels like the community…

4. Tanner

15.03 MILES

In downtown Murphys, start wine tasting at Tanner, whose family was the first to plant grapes and pay an alcohol tax in Calaveras County during the 1860s.

5. Twisted Oak

15.06 MILES

Don't miss the Rhône red blend at Twisted Oak's tasting room in downtown Murphys.

6. Murphys Old Timers Museum

15.07 MILES

The name is a good hint that this place approaches history with a humorous touch. Housed in an 1856 building, it has an inscrutable tintype of the outlaw…

7. Ironstone Vineyards

15.32 MILES

The unusually family-friendly atmosphere makes the wine feel secondary at Ironstone. There’s a natural spring waterfall, a mechanical pipe organ, frequent…

8. Columbia Museum

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Looking rather like dinosaur bones, limestone and granite boulders are noticeable around town. These were washed out of the surrounding hills by hydraulic…