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Indian Grinding Rock
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park is located in Pine Grove, California. The park is nestled in a small valley 2,400 feet above sea level with open meadows and large valley oaks that once provided the Native Americans of this area with an ample supply of acorns. The park was created in 1968 and preserves a great outcropping of marbleized limestone with some 1,185 mortar holes—the largest collection of bedrock mortars in North America. The Chaw’se Regional Indian Museum, located in the park, houses a variety of exhibits and artifacts from the Miwok and other California Indian tribes. The park also offers a variety of activities, including camping, picnicking, hiking, and bird watching.
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Scott Whitman
Pretty neat park is passed a few times but only just got around to stopping by. The big grinding rock site that gives the park its namesake is obviously the initial draw but there are also lot of neat structures and that explore Native American history and the continued use and importance of the site to culture today. The museum inside the roundhouse building is really well done as well, and there’s a few nature and history trail loops to walk the surrounding area with the option of a handout sheet that explains each of the numbered marker points along one of these too. This is also a location a state park pass will get you into as well, and there’s a campground I didn’t explore yet but which looked pretty nice in passing.
irgod32
If I give this place a high rating then one of my favorite campsite will be too crowded. But I can't give it a bad rating because it wouldn't be true! All I will say is the camp hosts are the best and keep the facilities running as it should be. 😀
Kathy Corrion
Smaller litte gem of a CA State park. Lots of shade in campsites. Flush toilets and coin-operated showers on site. Friendly staff. Nature center (free) full of background on the natives who once lived in the area along with stuff to buy.
Yasmine S
Beautiful location to camp or hike. We camped here for 2 nights, its clean and quiet.. was very enjoyable.
Gary Standke
You can pay for parking in the museum. The museum gives great information on how the Native People lived prior to the arrival of the Europeans and then how everything changed. Great examples of their tools and baskets. From the museum it is a short, fairly level, walk to a recreated village and round house. Lots of picnic tables. Nature trail with guide pamphlet and many stops to examine the forest around you. The largest grinding rock in North America with some petrographs.