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Pinecrest is a resort town in the Stanislaus National Forest in Tuolumne County in the Sierra Nevada region of California. It has a mountain lake, Pinecrest Lake, that is popular for swimming, fishing, boating, and sunbathing. Campgrounds and motel rooms are available if reserved in advance. (Cabin owners are allowed only 2 weeks of renting time a year, so the chances of getting one is practically 0%.)
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Small art gallery. Wide range of size, style and price. On the second floor of the Pinecrest Library building.
A very small take-a-book-leave-a-book library, it also has board and card games to borrow, as well as movies in the form of DVDs (and potentially VHS tapes, although those may have been removed/taken), and a notice board outside. Books range from very short to extremely long, all ages.
Cafe across from the general store.
Brick oven pizza and specialties.
Little shack selling soft-serve ice cream and hamburgers.
Small coffee shop.
Hotel in the next town over.
Buy food, wine, other drinks, instant meals, camping equipment, toys, etc.
Winter clothing, snow gear such as sleds and toboggans, fishing tackle, rent skis, snowboards, boots, pocket knives (must be 18 or older to purchase) and the like.
, Modesto) into Tuolumne County and past the foothills city of Sonora into the forest. Pinecrest is about 30 miles northeast of Sonora and 10 miles northeast of Mi-Wuk Village.
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It is not recommended that you use a car to get around in Pinecrest, as the beauty and smells of Pinecrest are best experienced while outside a vehicle, and constant stops will need to be made due to…
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You can bring your own bike or rent one.
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