Pine Mountain Lake, California

The entrance to the "private gated community" of Pine Mountain Lake lies eight tenths of a mile to the north and east of Groveland, and convert|26|mi|km|0 to the west gate of Yosemite National Park. The main gate is located on Ferretti Road, which partly circumscribes the development and will lead you back to Highway 120 above Groveland, CA. Pine Mountain Lake is a man made private lake for recreation use of the property owners and their guests only.

About

It is spring fed and maintains level from run off of Big Creek. The lake level has never dipped lower than convert|4|ft|m even in low rain fall. It has convert|210|acre|km2|1 of water and convert|6|mi|km|0 of shoreline. It affords water skiing, sailing, swimming and fishing. It has three sandy swim beaches a boat launch marina and a fisherman's park. Pine Mountain Lake Association stocks the lake with trout. The Pine Mountain Lake Subdivision was developed by Boise Casscade in the late 1960s with about 4,000 homesites averaging about one third of an acre each. PML offers an equestrian center (homesites near the center are larger, about 1 to convert|2|acre|m2 and allow your own horse), tennis, a PGA rated golf course with a full time Golf Pro, "Country Club" and full time mobile security patrol. The Lake is about 2,500-2,550 feet above mean sea level. The highest points in the community are about convert|3100|ft|m AMSL. Altitudes range from about 2,600 to convert|3100|ft|m|abbr=on It's above the fog and below the snow line. Temps range from the 20's to 30's in winter to the 80' and 90' in the summer. It gets a light dusting of snow from time to time. And dumped on in a bad winter. Land line phone service is available with high speed internet is most areas. Cell phones have a little trouble is this area. US postal service offers P.O. boxes in Downtown Groveland and delivery to Pine Mountain Lake's many neighborhood lock box centers within the gated community. UPS and Fed-Ex delivery is very good. Furniture deliveries and other tradesmen need the owners to call in a pass for them at the Main Security Gate to gain entrance. Nobody gets in without a pass or an owner's card.

The community comprises a combination of year round residents and seasonal residents, retired folks and families young and old. They are alway quick with a wave and a hello. Most lots in the development are developed: Housing ranges from log cabins, cute A frames, to grand stately homes. Surrounded by Pines and Manzanita. Some homes are rented as seasonal resort homes. Many Realty companies in the area handle the rentals of private homes in Pine Mountain Lake. A condo complex on Dyer Court in PML overlooks the fifth hole of the Golf Course.

Groveland has Tenaya Elementary School grades K-8 and Tioga High School grade 9-12. Columbia Junior College is about convert|25|mi|km|0 down the hill in Columbia, convert|2|mi|km|0 from Sonora (about convert|22|mi|km|0 from Groveland).

The ZIP Code is 95321. The community is inside area code 209.

Politics

In the state legislature Pine Mountain Lake is located in the 14th Senate District, represented by Republican Dave Cogdill, and in the 25th Assembly District, represented by Republican Tom Berryhill. Federally, Pine Mountain Lake is located in California's 19th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +10 [cite web | title = Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest? | publisher = Campaign Legal Center Blog | url=http://www.clcblog.org/blog_item-85.html | accessdate = 2008-02-10] and is represented by Republican George Radanovich.

Airport

Just over five miles (8 km) from the intersection of Ferretti Road and SR120, is Pine Mountain Lake Airport which is used by many of the people in the community to get in and out of the area. The facility has an FAA identifier of E45 and features a roughly-3,600-foot runway. Cautions to pilots include, "Be alert deer on and in vicinity of airport especially Nov-Apr."

ee also

*Moccasin, California
*Buck Meadows, California

ources

*
Stanislaus National Forest, California," U.S. Forest Service, 1979.
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*"Airport Facility Directory: Southwest U.S.", U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, unknown date.

External links

* [http://www.pinemountainlake.com/ Pine Mountain Lake Association home page]
* [http://www.pmlwwc.com/ Pine Mountain Lake Waterski and Wakeboard Club]
* [http://pmlaa.org/ Pine Mountain Lake Aviation Association]
* [http://www.pmlvoice.com/ The Voice of Pine Mountain Lake]
* [http://www.pmlfriendsofthelake.com/ Friends of the Lake]