2021 Map of Chinese Camp

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Chinese Camp serves as the focal point for this Tuolumne County survey, revealing a landscape deeply marked by its mining heritage and modern water management. The town is flanked by historic burial grounds, including the Chinese Camp City Cem, the Chinese Camp Odd Fellows Cem, and the Saint Xavier Catholic Cem, suggesting the diverse community that once anchored this gold-country outpost. To the south, the massive Don Pedro Reservoir dominates the drainage of Big Creek, while the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct cuts across the terrain toward Hetch Hetchy Junction. The nomenclature of the surrounding hills and canyons, such as Six-bit Gulch, Poor Mans Gulch, and Mammoth Mine Rd, reflects the 19th-century search for mineral wealth within the serpentine ridges of the Red Hills.