アマドール郡周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

Along much Mokelumne Coast to Crest Trail cyclists and equestrians are welcome. However, this section near the Mokelumne River is for hikers only, and another section, further from the river, allows multiuse access. So hikers should be able to enjoy their walk here without much worry of encountering faster riders either on two wheels or four legs.

The Mokelumne River gets its name from the Miwok language and it means "People of the fish net". Like many rivers in this part of California it rises in the Sierra Nevada and eventually flows in to the San Francisco Bay. Along the way it allows people to enjoy hiking, kayaking, fishing, and swimming in or around its cool waters.

This is a wildly popular set of swimming holes, but if you're able to come in off times you might get lucky enough to have them nearly to yourself. There's a lot of shade nearby, and even a few cascades where Silver River ripples and jumps down along the granite that forms the base of the "potholes."

This is the first, and largest of the Shealor Lakes. The second, smaller lake is shallower and verging on mucky, so if you were thinking of having a picnic or just enjoying the scenery for a while, this is the place to be.