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Getting to Muir Trail Ranch from various places in California From San Francisco, Sacramento: Take State Route (SR) 99 south to Madera. At Cleveland Ave exit, turn left onto Cleveland and immediately get in the right-hand lane so you can turn right on Gateway. Go south on Gateway to Yosemite Ave, SR 145. (We checked out this route on April 30, 1999, and could not find a sign on Gateway that indicated Yosemite Ave was State Route 145. Someone probably stole it and its hanging on the wall in his den next to the Bud Light sign he stole from a bar.) Turn left (east) on SR 145 about 15 miles, cross SR 41 at signal. Youre now on Road 145; continue 3 miles to Road 206. Turn right and continue to Friant. At stop light, turn left, go past Millerton Lake and Table Mountain Casino to stop sign at Auberry Rd. Turn left to town of Prather. At roundabout, turn left onto SR 168. Follow signs to Huntington Lake. From Los Angeles: Go north on SR 99 to Kingsburg, which is about 30 miles south of Fresno. Take the Kingsburg/Sanger exit (to Pine Flat Lake and Huntington Lake) and go north on 18th Ave (it becomes Mendocino Ave). At Adams Ave, turn left, go half a mile, turn right on Academy Avenue. Go north, turn right on Tollhouse Rd. Follow signs to Huntington Lake. From Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo: Take SR 41 to Fresno. Exit at the Kings Canyon National Park exit, Fwy 180 east. Exit onto Fwy 168 East to Clovis and Huntington Lake. Take the freeway till it becomes a two-lane road, Highway 168, and follow the signs to Huntington Lake. From Yosemite National Park: Take SR 41 south. Between Fish Camp and Oakhurst, turn left on Road 222 to Bass Lake and North Fork. As you approach Bass lake, Road 222 veers to the right to Bass Lake, so stay on the main road which changes its name to Road 274 and heads to North Fork. Right turn at stop/yield sign in North Fork, cross the creek, go left through North Fork till you see the left turn sign for Road 222 to Auberry. (When we last checked, the sign was missing. So from the yield sign mentioned above, go one mile and youll arrive at the left turn pocket to Road 222.) Youll drop down in elevation and cross the San Joaquin River. Then you go up, up, up. At the stop sign, head on through Auberry about 4 miles to stop sign at SR 168, turn left and follow signs to Huntington Lake. Once youve arrived at Huntington Lake, the real adventure begins! First, check to see that you have plenty of fuel for your car, because Rancheria Marina is the last place to get it (a pump takes dollar bills day or night). If you need fuel, stay on SR 168, going a quarter mile past the Florence and Edison Lakes turnoff. Say hi to the nice folks at Rancheria, fill er up, then go back to the turnoff, turn left, and head up the hill on Forest Service Road 80, the Kaiser Pass Road. At the junction of SR 168 and the Kaiser Pass Road is the Eastwood Ranger Station if you need info. Getting to the Ranch by other means: If a three-hour drive from Fresno isnt your cuppa, you can fly into the ranch by helicopter, which takes about 25 minutes from Fresno/Clovis. But youll miss the really neat ferryboat ride, and the hike or horseback ride. Since the ranch is private land, there is no need to get permission from other agencies to land there. You do have to get our permission, however.Tell the pilot you want to go to Blayney Meadow (most local flyers know where it is). You can download and PRINT a high-quality PDF version of this map. If you dont have Adobe Acrobat Reader, get a FREE copy from Adobe, then come back and get your map download.
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