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The Cosumnes River is a river in northern California in the United States. It rises on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and flows approximately 52.5 miles (84.5 km) [2] into the Central Valley, emptying into the Mokelumne River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Cosumnes is one of very few rivers in the western Sierra without major ...
1976. The Cosumnes River Preserve is a nature preserve of over 51,000 acres (210 km 2) located 20 miles (30 km) south of Sacramento, in the US state of California. The preserve protects a Central Valley remnant that once contained one of the largest expanses of oak tree savanna, riparian oak forest and wetland habitat in North America. [1]
Rancho Omochumnes, also known as "Rancho Río de los Cosumnes al Norte", was a 18,662-acre (75.52 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Sacramento County, California. It was granted in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Jared Dixon Sheldon. [ 1] The grant extended about 17 miles (27 km) along the north bank of the Cosumnes River ...
Cosumnes River College station is a side platformed Sacramento RT light rail station in Sacramento, California, United States. The station was opened on August 24, 2015, and is operated by the Sacramento Regional Transit District. It serves as the southern terminus of the Blue Line. The station is located on the east side of Cosumnes River ...
Cosumnes River College is a public community college in Sacramento, California. It opened in 1970, taking its name from the Cosumnes River which flows just a few miles to the south. As of Spring 2017, enrollment was at 13,091 students at its main and satellite campus in Elk Grove, California .
Deer Creek is a 60-mile-long (97 km) [ 3] southwestward-flowing stream in Northern California that flows through Tehama County, California. It is an eastside tributary of the Sacramento River. As one of only three remaining Sacramento River tributaries supporting native runs of the genetically distinct Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon ...
Fiddletown (from 1878 to 1932, Oleta) [6] is a census-designated place [3] in Amador County, California.It lies at an elevation of 1683 feet (513 m). It is located at The town is registered as a California Historical Landmark [5] and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-78000655). [4]
Michigan Bar was a former mining camp near a sandbar in the Cosumnes River in Sacramento County, California which was founded by two gold miners from Michigan. [1] The town site expanded out of the mining camp and by the 1850s contained a population of around 1500. By 1899, it had its own post office. [2][3] Later hydraulic mining destroyed the ...