Along California State Route 120 east of Groveland, Buck Meadows lies just south of the Tuolumne County line and inside Mariposa County. The ZIP Code for this community is shared with Groveland: 95321 and wired telephones work out of Groveland's telephone exchange with numbers following the format (209) 962-xxxx. The official U.S. Geological Survey coordinates for the community are 37°48′46″N, 120°03′48″W. California State Route 120, in northern California, is the end of the freeways heading east from the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Groveland-Big Oak Flat is a census-designated place located in Tuolumne County, California. ... Tuolumne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Californias Sierra Nevada. ... Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. ... A Verizon Central Office in Lakeland, Florida at night. ... The 209 area code covers Stockton, Merced, Modesto, San Andreas and the Central Valley. ...

The area is named for Buck's Meadow 37°48′43″N, 120°07′07″N which lies at the corner of SR120 and Smith Station Road. According to The Big Oak Flat Road, a variant name for the area was Hamilton's Station. ^[1] This may have referred to the name of a stagecoach stop.

2.5 miles east of U.S.F.S. Buck Meadows Fire Station, Rim of the World overlooks the canyon containing the South Fork of the Tuolumne River.

Further east, visitors on hot summer days can cool off at a Stanislaus National Forest picnic area called Rainbow Pool. The area is on the south side of SR120 2.25 miles east of U.S.F.S. Buck Meadows Fire Station. Stanislaus National Forest contains 898,099 acres (3,634 km²) in four counties in Northern California. ...

This community is home to Buck Meadows Restaurant on SR120. Southwest of town, the U.S. Forest Service, Stanislaus National Forest fire lookout at Smith Peak overlooks the area. A U.S.F.S. campground and fire station are also present in the community. The Pines campground is located at 37°49′05″N, 120°05′36″W. Stanislaus National Forest contains 898,099 acres (3,634 km²) in four counties in Northern California. ...

See also

• Pine Mountain Lake
• Groveland
• Stanislaus National Forest

The gated entrance to the private community of Pine Mountain Lake lies eight tenths of a mile to the north and east of Groveland. ... Groveland-Big Oak Flat is a census-designated place located in Tuolumne County, California. ... Stanislaus National Forest contains 898,099 acres (3,634 km²) in four counties in Northern California. ...

References

1. ^ Paden, Irene and Margaret D. Schlictmann, The Big Oak Flat Road, (Oakland, California: Emil P Schlictmann, 1955).

Sources

• Map: "Jawbone Ridge, California," 7.5-minute quadrangle, U.S. Geological Survey.
• Map: "Stanislaus National Forest, California," U.S. Forest Service, 1979.
• U.S. Bureau of the Census