304. Route 4 is from:
(a) Route 80 in Hercules to Route 5 in Stockton via north of
Concord and via Antioch.
(b) Route 5 to Route 99.
(c) Route 99 in Stockton to Route 49 at Altaville via the vicinity
of Copperopolis.
(d) Route 49 in Angels Camp to Route 89 near Markleeville via
Murphys, Calaveras Big Trees, Dorrington, and Bear Valley.
Route 4 from:
(a) Route 80 in Hercules to Route 99 near Stockton.
(b) Route 99 near Stockton to Route 65.
From John Muir Parkway, some six miles east of Route 80, to Route 160.
There were plans to admit the first two portions of this route as an
Interstate. Those plans were submitted in 1945 and were not accepted.
Route 4 from:
(a) Route 160 near Antioch to Route 84 near Brentwood.
(b) Route 49 near Angels Camp to Route 89.
Here's a link to the Antioch Ramada Inn. According to the book
Pets Welcome, the hotel provides 117 rooms with in-room safes, laundry and
dry-cleaning service, and even conference facilities. What's more, an
outdoor heated pool is around, and parks and the waterfront are nearby.
As the book suggests, this hotel is pet-friendly, dog-friendly in particular,
but there's a $10 charge for bringing in the pet and $25 extra for cleaning,
as well as a $100 deposit. Visit the web page for more information, or call
(510)754-6600.
You may also want to visit this link to the California Delta.
Once you're in the Sierras, you can visit the city of Angels Camp.
The place has several points of interest, including the Vallecito Bell
Monument, The Red Brick Grammar School, and its own Angels Camp Museum.
Nearby is the town of Frogtown (which may possibly refer to the Mark Twain
short story of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"), where
the Frogtown Fairgrounds is located. If you want to stay for the night, you
can come to the Angels Inn Motel.
In the town of Avery is the Avery Hotel on Moran Road.
While passing through the Stanislaus National Forest, you'll come in
contact with the Calaveras Big Trees State Park. The park contains 129
developed campsites, picnic areas, a visitor center, hiking trails, and water
at the North Grove and Oak Hollow areas. The specialties of the park include
two ancient Sequoia groves, the Discovery Tree stump, and the Stanislaus River.
Its floral display in the spring is very popular, and during the wintertime,
you may find skiers and snowshoers on one of the park's three main trails.
For more information, call (209)795-2334, or visit the California State Parks'
Regional Sierra website.
North of Calaveras Big Trees are several ski areas, including Mount
Reba, Cottage Springs, and Bear Valley. Near Bear Valley is Lake Alpine,
mounted at an elevation of 7,320 feet in the Stanislaus National Forest.
There are about 110 developed campsites for tents and RVs, a picnic area,
boating (Power, row, canoe, sail, inflatables), fishing, hiking, backpacking,
hunting (deer and bear), and horseback and motorcycle trails. On Route 4
is the Lake Alpine Lodge, which has cabins, a snack bar, restaurant, grocery
store, bait shop, and gasoline. For more information, call (209)795-1381.
There are truck scales in Murphy's Ranch.
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