Tourist Places to Visit in San Andreas, United States, America

Tourist Places to Visit in San Andreas, United States, America

San Andreas is a town in Calaveras County in California situated on State Route 49. San Andreas spans a total area of 8.394 square miles (21.741 square kilometers) is situated at an elevation of 1,017 feet (310 meters) above the sea level and the town is renowned as “California Historical Landmark”. San Andreas is surrounded by Jackson, Valley Springs, Angles Camp, Arnold, Sonora, Pine Grove, Ione, Wilseyville and Murphys towns and situated at the distance of 68 miles from capital of California, Sacramento. Coordinates of San Andreas are 38.1961° N, 120.6806° W.

History of San Andreas:

San Andreas was established during the California Gold rush and the town was populated by Mexican gold miners in the year 1848. Gold was extracted from the town and in the year 1853 gold was discovered in an underground river channel in the year 1853 and later it became the town and post office in the town was inaugurated in the year 1854.

Places to Visit in San Andreas:

California State Capitol Museum:

California State Capitol Museum is placed in 10th Street, Sacramento, the museum is surrounded by 16 square city blocks and tourists can view the legislative chambers, and history of the Californian and the museum is surrounded by memorials, gardens and monuments.

Stanislaus National Forest:

Stanislaus National Forest is 40 miles from San Andreas covers an area of 898,099 acres (1,403.3 square miles) is a popular recreation destination for the tourists from all over the country and renowned among the backpackers.

Calaveras Big Trees State Park:

Calaveras Big Trees State Park is situated at the distance of 35 miles from the San Andreas in Arnold town and the park is popular for two groves of enormous Sequoia trees and it is the major tourism attraction.

Other Places to Visit in and around San Andreas:

Ranch Mountain
Mount Zion State Park
Glory Hole Recreation Area
State Indian Museum
Cesar Chavez Park
Sacramento Zoo
Folsom Lake
California State Railroad Museum

Best time to Visit San Andreas:

San Andreas experiences Mediterranean climate and average temperature varies from 6° C to 23° C with dry season from June to October and cold season from December to February and best time to visit San Andreas is from December to February.

How to Reach San Andreas?

Sacramento International Airport is positioned at the distance of 80 miles from San Andreas in Sacramento city and major airport in the state and services are available to Hawaii, Mexico and the region in United States. Bus and taxi services are available from airport to San Andreas town. San Andreas is situated on Route no 49 which is one of the main roads in the state and the Greyhound Lines provides the buses services to town from Sacramento city regularly.

Where to Stay in San Andreas?

San Andreas is placed in California state and tourists can find greenery everywhere and hotels in the city are designed as per the comfort and lavishness of the tourists where tourists will be happy to take accommodation in such hotels and provided with facilities like sleeping space, fully equipped kitchens with coffee makers, refrigerators, microwave ovens, dishwasher, and full sized appliances and also includes several telephone and net connections for high-speed Internet access and TV’s. List of hotels in San Andreas are listed here below: