{"id":2299,"date":"2022-08-17T06:12:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T06:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:02:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T16:02:38","slug":"mariposa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/mariposa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariposa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mariposa is the county seat of Mariposa County at the intersections of Highways 49 & 140. Mariposa is home of the historic Mariposa County Courthouse (pictured above & California’s oldest courthouse in continuous use).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll also see a mineral display with gold bearing rock quartz<\/a>…a reminder of the rich gold rush era when fortune seekers from all over the world came to Mariposa. Today the California State Mining & Mineral Museum<\/a> offers exhibits which highlight world-class specimens as well as from some of California’s finest private collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Highway 49, north of Mariposa between Lake McClure & Coulterville, you’ll see outstanding outcroppings of the green rock Mariposite<\/a> found here and only one other place in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also suggest you visit the Mariposa Museum and History Center<\/a> & the historic downtown district<\/a> with many buildings dating back to the California Gold Rush. One of our favorites is the Trabucco Building.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mariposa is home to quality lodging (including Indian Peak Ranch MountainTop Hideaway<\/a> just a few minutes from town), unique shops, fine restaurants and various traveler services. Many Yosemite-bound visitors make Mariposa their close-to-the-park headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outdoor recreation in Mariposa County is enhanced by a wide range of elevations and climates (with over 300 sunny days a year). Lowland wildflower, birdwatching or gold panning trips one day can be followed by spring skiing in Yosemite the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 20 minutes north of Mariposa on Highway 49 is the eastern access to Lake McClure at Bagby.<\/a> Here you’ll find boating, water skiing, camping, bird watching and fishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highway 140 is known as the “All Year Route” to Yosemite. This route into Yosemite Valley passes through beautiful mountain passes, along the federally designated “Wild & Scenic” Merced River, past historical sites including Savage Station<\/a> and many artifacts from the old Yosemite Valley Railroad and enters Yosemite at Arch Rock at El Portal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yosemitegold.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}