26-503: Groveland may refer to: Places [ edit ] Groveland, California Groveland, Florida Groveland, Idaho Groveland, Illinois Groveland, Indiana Groveland, Kansas Groveland, Massachusetts Groveland, New York Other uses [ edit ] Groveland Correctional Facility in Livingston County, New York Groveland Four , term coined by
52-410: A realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary ( for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions ). Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines;
78-725: A travel and vacation destination in its own right. Groveland is the main town on the Highway 120 route to Yosemite National Park, and boasts numerous lodging and restaurant businesses. Tioga High School and Tenaya Elementary School are located in Groveland. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP covers an area of 9.6 square miles (24.8 km ), 99.94% of it land and 0.06% of it water. This region experiences warm to very hot and dry summers, with
104-479: Is known for the historic Iron Door Saloon . Groveland was originally a gold rush town and then became a sleepy farming community until the San Francisco Hetch Hetchy water project made it their headquarters and built a railroad yard and hospital for the work crews (both now gone). From 1915 till 1935, Groveland was a boom town supporting seven hotels, 10,000 residents and much activity. When
130-591: Is the highest paved through road in the California State Route system. This part is not maintained in the winter and is usually closed during the winter season. SR 120 begins as a freeway intersecting Interstate 5 to extend Interstate 205 through Manteca . In east Manteca the freeway ends at SR 99 and becomes a highway which continues to head east through Escalon , Oakdale and other various small towns. East of Oakdale there are no highly populated areas for 90 miles (144 km) as it heads into
156-633: The Sierra Nevada , Yosemite National Park , and the Mono Lake area. Its western terminus is at Interstate 5 in Lathrop , and its eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 6 in Benton . While the route is signed as a contiguous route through Yosemite, the portion inside the park is federally maintained and is not included in the state route logs. The portion at Tioga Pass at Yosemite's eastern boundary
182-490: The "New Priest Grade." With a 4% grade, it opened in 1915 and was built by a group of local volunteers who desired an alternative to the very steep (17%) Old Priest Grade. Today, both grades are paved, but trailers and RVs are prohibited from Old Priest Grade. There is a 7,500-pound weight limit on the old grade. In 1956, National Park Service developed plans to relocate the Big Oak Flat Road from Crane Flat to
208-623: The City of San Francisco, San Jose Family Camp of the City of San Jose, Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp of the City of Berkeley, and Camp Tawonga , a Jewish summer camp , are all located east of Groveland off Hwy 120 within the Stanislaus National Forest . California State Route 120 State Route 120 ( SR 120 ) is a state highway in the central part of California , connecting the San Joaquin Valley with
234-717: The Gold Rush, SR 120 was originally known as Big Oak Flat Road, after the village of Big Oak Flat through which it passes in the Sierra foothills. It was a pack trail from Stockton which became popular with prospectors about 1849. By 1874 it was a wagon road which extended to Yosemite Valley . In 1921, the California State Assembly authorized San Joaquin County to transfer the county road connecting Manteca with then- Route 5 (now I-5 ) at Mossdale to
260-697: The Lee Vining Canyon between the eastern edge of Yosemite and US 395 is designated as the Lee Vining Canyon Scenic Byway , a separate National Forest Scenic Byway. SR 120 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System , and both the western portion and the eastern portion west of US 395 are part of the National Highway System , a network of highways that are considered essential to
286-506: The Lee Vining Canyon on its 59-mile (95 km) journey to its intersection with U.S. Route 395 , at Lee Vining . After a jog to the south along US 395, it continues east as Mono Mills Road , skirting the south end of Mono Lake and providing access to the Mono Lake South Tufa as well as the historical site of Mono Mills before cresting Sagehen Summit and ending with the intersection of U.S. Route 6 at Benton . Both
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#1732772859175312-485: The blasting of a great granite dome southwest of Tenaya Lake, as well as routing the highway along the western shore of the lake. Internally, however, many Sierra Club members supported the project. At the time, Sierra Club opposition created a serious rift in the long-time close relationship between the environmental organization and the National Park Service. In the end, the government proceeded to build
338-724: The country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration . SR 120 is eligible to be included in the State Scenic Highway System , but it is not officially designated as a scenic highway by the California Department of Transportation . The Tioga Pass Road was designated as a California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2002. During
364-465: The foothills of the Sierra Nevada and into Yosemite National Park . Entering Yosemite, SR 120 is known as Big Oak Flat Road as it heads towards Crane Flat . After leaving Crane Flat, Big Oak Flat Road turns southeast towards Yosemite Valley , while SR 120 continues east as Tioga Pass Road (or often simply Tioga Road ). The highway retains that name as it travels through Tuolumne Meadows , over Tioga Pass at an elevation of 9,945 feet, and through
390-767: The hottest month having an average temperature of 73.7 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Groveland has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate , abbreviated "Csa." The 2010 United States Census reported that Groveland had a population of 601. The population density was 62.8 inhabitants per square mile (24.2/km ). The racial makeup of Groveland was 542 (90.2%) White , 2 (0.3%) African American , 9 (1.5%) Native American , 9 (1.5%) Asian , 2 (0.3%) Pacific Islander , 17 (2.8%) from other races , and 20 (3.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 49 persons (8.2%). The Census reported that 601 people (100% of
416-644: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Groveland&oldid=1199598057 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Groveland, California Groveland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County , California . Groveland sits at an elevation of 3,136 feet (956 m). The 2020 United States census reported Groveland's population
442-539: The media for four African-American men accused of raping a Caucasian woman in Groveland, Florida Grovelands Park , Winchmore Hill, London Intel Groveland, codename for the Intel CE4200 processor See also [ edit ] Groveland Township (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Groveland . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
468-651: The park's eastern boundary, and reconstruct the unimproved central section of the Tioga Road. NPS management wanted to "open up" the High Sierra section of the park to vastly increased numbers of visitors, and planned a new visitor center and other facilities at Tuolumne Meadows, as well as campgrounds and other facilities along the Tioga Road. This brought fierce opposition from the Sierra Club, led by famed photographer Ansel Adams. Adams and his supporters opposed
494-621: The population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 277 households, out of which 57 (20.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 119 (43.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 32 (11.6%) had a female householder with no husband present, 15 (5.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 21 (7.6%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 2 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 90 households (32.5%) were made up of individuals, and 41 (14.8%) had someone living alone who
520-527: The portions through Yosemite National Park and the stretch between Mono Lake and Benton are subject to winter closure. Usually the highway is open through Tioga Pass by the Memorial Day weekend at the end of May, and typically closes for the winter sometime in November. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road is officially both a National Scenic Byway and a National Forest Scenic Byway . The segment through
546-503: The project as originally planned, with only minor modifications. On November 25, 2020, the first diverging diamond interchange in the state of California opened to traffic at the interchange with Union Road (exit 4) in Manteca . Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964 , based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects
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#1732772859175572-522: The state. It was numbered Route 66 , as was a 1933 extension from Manteca east to Route 13 in Oakdale . Also in 1933, Route 40 was extended east from Mono Lake to Route 76 ( US 6 ) at Benton . The route from Manteca to Benton was marked as Sign Route 120 in 1934, and was soon extended west to Mossdale, replacing what had been part of U.S. Route 99W . West of Priest is a section of highway with over one hundred curves and hairpin turns, known as
598-537: The work crews left, the town again became a minor stop on the way to Yosemite until the Boise Cascade company built the Pine Mountain Lake community with a first class golf course, an airport and lake and staked out 5,000 lots. This development has since grown from a summer home area to a retirement community to a thriving neighborhood with year-round families, boosting the once sleepy Groveland to
624-517: Was 49.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.1 males. There were 353 housing units at an average density of 36.9 per square mile (14.2/km ), of which 182 (65.7%) were owner-occupied, and 95 (34.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.4%. 373 people (62.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 228 people (37.9%) lived in rental housing units. Camp Mather of
650-481: Was 540. Groveland was created as a CDP prior to the 2010 census; previously it was part of Groveland-Big Oak Flat CDP. Groveland has always been an important stop on the highway to Yosemite but really grew in the early 1900s with the development of the Tuolumne River Hetch-Hetchy water project for the city of San Francisco . Groveland is adjacent to the Stanislaus National Forest and
676-405: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17. There were 166 families (59.9% of all households); the average family size was 2.64. The population was spread out, with 92 people (15.3%) under the age of 18, 42 people (7.0%) aged 18 to 24, 114 people (19.0%) aged 25 to 44, 239 people (39.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 114 people (19.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
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