Stop at the US Forestry Department office in Hathaway Pines, and pick up the map of the Stanislaus National forest – a wealth of information showing forest service roads and hiking trails. They also used to have – don’t know if it is still available – a map of locations accessible from along Highway 4.
Wow, we’ve never ventured past the Sourgrass Bridge. We have always accessed Beaver Creek at Calaveras Big Trees SP. How far past the bridge is it? Is the road paved?
How about Calveras Big Trees State Park?
Numerous points of access to the Stanislaus River, some are ADA trails.
Young children? Good swimming at Beaver Creek.