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A shiny winter night in Groveland
Photo by Terri Metz

This stylish
I Survived Priest Grade
T-shirt is the perfect birthday,
holiday or
just because gift.
Come for a visit and pick
a few up or call us to order.
$15 for 1 or $25 for 2
Want to see what
Groveland
weather looks like today? Click
into a webcam mounted at the
Pine Mountain Lake Airport |
Groveland was
originally a gold rush town and then became a sleepy farming community
until the San Francisco Hetch Hetchy water project made it their
headquarters and built a railroad yard and hospital for the work crews
(both now gone).
From 1915 till 1935 Groveland was a boom town supporting seven hotels,
10,000 residents and
much activity. When the work crews left the town again became a
minor stop on the way to Yosemite until the Boise Cascade company built
the Pine Mountain Lake
community with a first class golf course, an
airport and lake and staked out 5000 lots. This development has
since grown from a summer home area to a retirement community to a
thriving neighborhood with year round families, boosting the once sleepy Groveland
to a travel and vacation destination in its own right
In
town we have many fun little specialty shops, restaurants, a
museum,
library and more. For the best in hanging out, take along a good
book and try out the hammock garden (photo below)
found at Mountain Sage, the town nursery and plant supplier for the Hotel
Charlotte. Additional places to meander (and shop!) include Designing
Woman, Seasons, Perfectly Posh, Homemade the newly merged Away in
the Woods and Bunny Rose & Co, the quilt shoppe. The
Iron Door
Saloon is a locals favorite and has live bands on weekend nights and
Karaoke on Thursdays.
Dining
around Groveland is
diverse enough to please any pallet—young or old, from outdoor BBQ to
Pizza or Mexican. There are so many choices, we just set up a new page to
give each restaurant their little space on the website. Our own
Cafe Charlotte serves up a fresh blend of Mediterranean
dishes with flavors from around the world and kid pleasing portions to
vegetarian choices.
For more information on the surrounding area
activities please check our About the Area
section and for special events, check our
Calendar
pages.

Visitors to Groveland are encouraged to swing in the
Hammock Garden
at Mountain Sage
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