Angel Island	4	Benicia	29
Red Rock	10	Martinez	30
San Quentin	11	Mouth of San Joaquin river	45
Two Brothers	12	Antioch	59
Son Pablo Point	12 1/2	Mouth of Mokelumne river	74
San Pedro Point	13 1/2	“ “ middle channel of
Two Sisters	13 1/2	San Joaquin	80
Pinole Point	17	“ of Stockton Slough	110
Maw Island Strait	25	Stockton	119
Carquinez “	26

The distances by the railroad route from San Francisco to Stockton in miles, are as follows:

Oakland	5	Kottinger’s	37
San Leandro	15	Livermore Pass	49
Hayward’s	19	San Joaquin river	69
Vallejo’s Mill	27	Stockton	79

The following are the distances, according to Mr. Hutchings, from Stockton to various points on the road to Coulterville, in miles:

12-Mile House (Breakfast)	12	Crimea House	48
25-Mile House	23	Don Pedro’s Bar	60
Foot Hills	30	Coulterville	71
Knight’s Ferry (Dinner)	37

The Stage leaves Coulterville about one o’clock in the morning, and the traveler reaches Stockton in time to take the boat of the same day for San Francisco. The following are the distances from Coulterville to various points on the Yosemite trail, in miles:

Bower Cave	12	Valley View	44
Black’s Inn	17	Cascade Bridge	46
Deer Flat	23	Foot of Trail	51
Hazel Green	29	Sentinel Hotel	56 1/2
Crane Flat	35	Yosemite Hotel	57

It is generally said now that the distance from Coulterville to Black’s is sixteen miles, and from Black’s to the valley, thirty-five miles; but this may mislead people who think they have found a stopping place as soon as they get into the valley.

The distances from Stockton to various points on the Mariposa road are the following, in miles:

Morley’s, on the Mokelumne		Hornitos	69
river	45	Bear Valley	78
Snelling’s	57	Mariposa	90

The distances from Mariposa to the different points on the Yosemite trail are thus given by Mr. Hutchings, in miles:

Beech & Co.’s store	1 1/4	Forks of road, trail turning
Bertken’s	1 7/8	to left	14 1/2
Spring House	3 1/2	Hogan’s, Fork of Chowchilla	15 1/2
Sebastopol	4 1/2	South Fork—main Chow-
Rockwell’s	4 3/8	chilla	17 1/2
Persian’s (first Fork of		Upper Crossing	18 1/2
Chowchilla)	5 1/2	Spring, near top of Chow-
Second Fork Chowchilla	6 3/8	chilla ridge	19 1/4
Boleton’s (third Fork of		Bridge on Big Creek	21 3/8
Chowchilla)	8 1/8	Clark’s Ranch, South Fork
Thompson’s	10 7/8	Merced	23 3/8
De Long’s	11 1/2	Camp Placido	27 1/4
White & Hatch’s	11 3/4	Coldwater Creek	28 3/4
Fourth Fork Chowchilla	12 1/4	Alder Creek	29
Short cut-off—across creek	13 1/4	Grass Creek	29 7/8
Spring (south of road)	13 3/4	Dogwood Creek	30 3/8

Empire Camp	31 1/8	Last Meadow	38 1/4
Owl Camp	31 5/8	Willow Brook	38 3/4
Shallow Creek	32 1/8	Inspiration Point, turn-off	39
Crystal Creek	32 7/8	Spring Gulch	39 1/8
Green Spring Flat	33 5/8	Grouse Gulch	40
Westfall’s Meadow	34 3/8	Hermitage	40 3/8
Forks of Mono trail, and		Komah turn-off	41 3/8
Ostrander’s	34 1/2	Kern Spring (foot of trail)	42 3/8
Mountain View, or Big		Bridal Veil	43 3/8
Meadow	35 3/8	Cathedral Spires	44 3/8
Highest Point on trail	37 1/4	Sentinel Hotel	46 3/4
Wild Parsnip Gulch	37 1/2	Yosemite Hotel	47 3/8
Boundary of Yosemite grant	37 3/4

The distances from Stockton to Yosemite, by way of Big Oak Flat, are the following, in miles:

Crimea House	48	Crane Creek	90 1/4
Chinese Camp	52	Divide	94 3/4
Jacksonville	56	Tamarack Flat	97 3/4
Big Oak Flat	64	Top of Ridge	100 3/4
Sprague’s Ranch	73 1/2	Foot of Trail	103 1/4
Golden Rock Flume	77	Sentinel Hotel	108 1/2
Harden’s Ranch	84	Hutchings’ Hotel	109

Instead of going by way of Crimea House, the tourist can go by way of Copperopolis to Chinese Camp, where the two stage lines from Stockton meet. The distance from Stockton to Chinese Camp, by way of Copperopolis, is fifty-seven miles. The Golden Rock Flume, (which was formerly a sight worth seeing) an aqueduct two hundred and sixty-four feet high and 2,200 feet long, has been blown down, and will not be rebuilt. The Big Oak Flat route is the shortest from Stockton, the most picturesque, and is generally preferred by camping parties, but it lacks the accommodations for travelers to be found on the other routes. When those are provided, it will grow in favor. The trip can be made from Big Oak Flat in one day.

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