Van Duzen River Area
Olympic Valley, California
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40°29'58.4"N 123°58'56.5"W Maps | Directions |
State: | California |
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From Olympic Valley, California
- Head north on Squaw Valley Rd (2.3 mi)
- Turn left onto CA-89 N (8.5 mi)
- At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit and stay on CA-89 N heading to Interstate 80 W/Sacramento (0.1 mi)
- At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto the I-80 W ramp to Sacramento (0.2 mi)
- Merge onto I-80 W (23.5 mi)
- Take exit 161 for CA-20 W toward Nevada City/Grass Valley (0.2 mi)
- Continue onto CA-20 W/State Hwy 20 W (492 ft)
- Turn right onto State Hwy 20 W (31.4 mi)
- Take the CA-20/Empire St exit toward Marysville St (0.2 mi)
- Turn right onto CA-20 W/State Hwy 20 W/W Empire St/Eric W. Rood Memorial Expy (signs for Marysville/Penn Valley)Continue to follow CA-20 W/State Hwy 20 W(25.9 mi)
- Turn right onto Woodruff Ln (5.1 mi)
- Turn right onto CA-70 N (26.3 mi)
- Continue onto CA-149 N (signs for CA-99/Chico/Red Bluff) (5.7 mi)
- Merge onto CA-99 N (48.0 mi)
- Continue onto CA-36 W/Antelope Blvd (2.1 mi)
- Merge onto I-5 N via the ramp to Redding (0.8 mi)
- Take exit 650 for Adobe Rd (0.2 mi)
- Turn left onto Adobe Rd (0.3 mi)
- Turn right onto Main St (0.6 mi)
- Turn left onto CA-36 W/Beegum RdContinue to follow CA-36 W(127 mi)
- Turn right onto Fox Creek Rd (0.2 mi)
- Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Louisiana Pacific Logging Rd (0.9 mi)
- Turn rightDestination will be on the left(1.3 mi)
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