Ghost town · California
Agua Fria
Agua Fria is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 608 m. Chowchilla Mountain stands 2,105 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Negro Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 21 miles off.
ghost town in Mariposa County, California
How to reach it
Coordinates37.48500, -120.02028
- 21.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Negro Hill: 0.6 mi
- Catheys Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Smoky Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Buck Point: 3.2 mi
- Bullion Knob: 3.5 mi
Parks: 26
- Mariposa Park: 3.0 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 3.0 mi
- Catheys Valley Park: 4.9 mi
- Midpines Park: 6.2 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Diana Falls: 17.8 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 19.2 mi
- Foresta Falls: 20.2 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 20.8 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 21.0 mi
Springs: 11
- Apple Tree Spring: 2.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 3.0 mi
- Big Spring: 5.7 mi
- Fremont Spring: 6.0 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 6.6 mi
Museums: 10
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 2.7 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 4.2 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 18.3 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 18.4 mi
- Yosemite History Center: 20.3 mi
Attractions: 9
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 18.3 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 18.3 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 20.7 mi
- Merced Grove: 20.8 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Indian Flat Day Use: 15.5 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 18.1 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 21.1 mi
- Summit Meadow: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 9.1 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 10.4 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Memorial Quad: 23.6 mi
Nature reserves: 4
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 21.0 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 23.3 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 23.9 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 4
- Oakhurst Mural: 23.0 mi
- Beginnings: 23.6 mi
- Bobcat: 23.7 mi
- Big Rufus: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Mount Ophir: 3.2 mi
- Cat Town: 11.6 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 2
- Gardening Club Orchard: 23.1 mi
- Gardening Club: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Fireplace Bluffs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Agua Fria. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chowchilla Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,105 m | 15.5 mi |
| Kirby Peak | ENE 78° | 1,642 m | 12.5 mi |
| Sweetwater Point | NE 51° | 1,406 m | 9.4 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,367 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bullion Knob | N 351° | 1,297 m | 3.5 mi |
| Fremont Peak | NNW 329° | 1,277 m | 6.0 mi |
| Bullion Mountain | NNW 329° | 1,272 m | 6.0 mi |
| Feliciana Mountain | NE 36° | 1,250 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 30 mi
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