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SOUTH YUBA RIVER STATE PARK, CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS

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• Description: Offers hiking trails ranging in difficulty from wheelchair accessible to challenging. Features docent-led history, nature, and gold-panning tours at select times throughout the year.Provides access to the Independence Trail - an aqueduct adapted to carry wheelchairs and hikers across the Independence Trail gorges. Features waterfalls, scenic vistas, and a gentle switch-back descent to a mountain stream. Restrooms with full wheelchair access are available at several points along the trail.
• Website: http://www.parks.ca.gov
• Email: info@parks.ca.gov
• Phone(s): (530) 273-3884, (530) 432-2546, (530) 432-2546
• Hours: Visitor Center Parking Lot open 10:00 AM to Sunset. Visitor Center open Thursday - Sunday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Winter and Spring weather conditions can cause the trail to become muddy and impassable for wheelchairs (on the Independence Trail). Call the park for trail condition information before you go.
• Areas Served:
  • Nevada United States
  • United States
• Categories:
  • Nature Centers/Walks
  • Parks/Recreation Areas
  • History Museums
  • Recreational Rivers
• Contacts:
  • Ranger, info@parks.ca.gov

Location(s)

Location Name: SOUTH YUBA RIVER STATE PARK

• Accessibility: Adapted for wheelchairs - the Independence Trail features a gentle switchback descent to a mountain stream on a wooden flume accesible by wheelchair. Outhouses with full wheelchair access are located at several points along the trail.
• Physical Address: South Yuba River Park Association, 17660 Pleasant Valley Road, Penn Valley, CA, 95946