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Hiking at Lake New Melones

At the lake:

  • Angel’s Creek trail - 2.5 mile loop with views of the lake - part of the Glory Hole Recreation Area.
  • Table Mountain Trail - 2 mile trail—it climbs to the top of a massive lava flow over 9 million years old—the trailhead is at the parking are in front of the first gate at the end of Shell Road, in the Table Mountain area.
  • Natural Bridges Trail - 1.5 mile roundtrip hike—a some-what steep downhill hike in which at one point a creek flows through a marble cave—the trailhead is from Parrott’s Ferry Road in the Natural Bridges area.


In the area:

  • Spicer Dam Trail - A 5 mile hike into Wheat’s meadow from Highland Creek—trailhead is found below the Spicer Reservoir dam, by traveling 8 miles southwest on Spicer Reservoir Road, out of Hathaway Pines, CA
  • Andresen Mine Trail - 4.5 miles, Tuolumne River, Stanislaus National Forest—209-962-7821
  • Indian Creek Trail - Tuolumne River, Stanislaus National Forest—209-962-7821
  • Hamby Trail - Tuolumne River, Stanislaus National Forest—209-962-7821
  • Preston Flat Trail - 4.25 miles, Tuolumne River, Stanislaus National Forest—209-962-7821
  • Tuolumne River Trail - 6 miles, Tuolumne River, Stanislaus National Forest—209-962-7821