Pine Mountain Lake, California
Encyclopedia
Pine Mountain Lake is a private gated community and a census-designated place
(CDP) in Tuolumne County
, California
. It is located eight tenths of a mile to the north and east of Groveland
. Pine Mountain Lake sits at an elevation of 2431 feet (741 m). The 2010 United States census reported Pine Mountain Lake's population was 2,796.
The ZIP Code is 95321. The community is inside area code 209
.
The "Gateway to Yosemite", PML is an all-seasons vacation and retirement community. PML boasts a private 202 acre (0.81746572 km²) lake with 6 miles (9.7 km) of shoreline. The community also hosts an 18-hole championship golf course, golf shop, lake lodge, tennis, hiking, horseback riding, swimming, fishing, an airport
, and close proximity to local shopping, medical, and government services. PML is 26 miles (41.8 km) west of Yosemite National Park
on highway 120. It gets a light dusting of snow in the winter, warm summer days, a green spring, and colorful fall.
s and manzanita
s, and most homes cannot be seen from the lake, preserving its wilderness feeling.
The Pine Mountain Lake Subdivision was developed by Boise Cascade in the late 1960s with about 3,600 homesites averaging about one third to one half of an acre each. PML offers an equestrian center (homesites near the center are larger, about 1 to 2 acres (8,093.7 m²) and allow your own horse), tennis, a PGA rated golf course with a full time Golf Pro, "Country Club" and full time mobile security patrol. The Lake is about 2,500–2,550 feet above mean sea level. The highest points in the community are about 3100 feet (944.9 m) AMSL. Altitudes range from about 2,600 to 3100 ft (944.9 m). It's above the fog and below the snow line. Temps range from the 20–30 °F in winter to 80–90 °F in the summer. Snow in the winter usually is light, and while the streets are plowed, you will not likely need to shovel your driveway. Land line phone service is available with high speed internet in most areas. Cell phones have a little trouble is this area. US postal service offers P.O. boxes in Downtown Groveland and delivery to Pine Mountain Lake's many neighborhood lock box centers within the gated community. UPS
and FedEx
delivery is very good. Furniture deliveries and other tradesmen need the owners to call in a pass for them at the Main Security Gate to gain entrance. Nobody gets in without a pass or an owner's card.
The community comprises a combination of year round residents and seasonal residents, retired folks and families, young and old. With a very small year-round population base, the town has a small-town atmosphere, with residents alway quick with a wave and a hello. Most lots in the development are developed, and most of the homes are unique in their design, ranging from log cabins and cute A frames to grand stately homes. Some homes are rented as seasonal resort homes. Many Realty companies in the area handle the rentals of private homes in Pine Mountain Lake.
Groveland has Tenaya Elementary School grades K–8 and Tioga High School grade 9–12, part of the Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District. Columbia Junior College is about 25 miles (40 km) down the hill in Columbia, 2 miles (3 km) from Sonora (about 22 miles (35 km) from Groveland). The community hosts a wide variety of churches .
, the CDP covers an area of 19.3 square miles (49.9 km²), 19.0 square miles (49.1 km²) of it land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (1.46%) water.
was 145.2 people per square mile (56.1/km²). The racial makeup of Pine Mountain Lake was 2,596 (92.8%) White, 18 (0.6%) African American, 25 (0.9%) Native American, 24 (0.9%) Asian, 7 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 21 (0.8%) from other races
, and 105 (3.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 183 persons (6.5%).
The Census reported that 2,796 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,346 households, out of which 200 (14.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 776 (57.7%) were opposite-sex married couples
living together, 84 (6.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 44 (3.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 66 (4.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
, and 7 (0.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 369 households (27.4%) were made up of individuals and 216 (16.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08. There were 904 families
(67.2% of all households); the average family size was 2.45.
The population was spread out with 372 people (13.3%) under the age of 18, 95 people (3.4%) aged 18 to 24, 340 people (12.2%) aged 25 to 44, 973 people (34.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,016 people (36.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 60.0 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.
There were 3,048 housing units at an average density of 158.3 per square mile (61.1/km²), of which 1,117 (83.0%) were owner-occupied, and 229 (17.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 20.7%. 2,239 people (80.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 557 people (19.9%) lived in rental housing units.
Pine Mountain Lake is located in the 14th Senate
District, represented by Republican
Tom Berryhill
, and in the 25th Assembly
District, represented by Republican Kristin Olsen
. Federally, Pine Mountain Lake is located in California's 19th congressional district
, which has a Cook PVI
of R +10 and is represented by Republican Jeff Denham
.
is five miles (8 km) from the intersection of Ferretti Road and SR120
. The facility has an FAA
identifier of E45 and features a roughly-3600 feet (1,097.3 m) runway.
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
(CDP) in Tuolumne County
Tuolumne County, California
Tuolumne County is a county in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. The northern half of Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of the county. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,365, up from 54,501 at the 2000 census...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. It is located eight tenths of a mile to the north and east of Groveland
Groveland, California
Groveland is a census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California. Groveland sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Groveland's population was 601....
. Pine Mountain Lake sits at an elevation of 2431 feet (741 m). The 2010 United States census reported Pine Mountain Lake's population was 2,796.
The ZIP Code is 95321. The community is inside area code 209
Area code 209
209 is the North American telephone area code for California that covers Stockton, Modesto, Turlock, Merced, Winton, Atwater, Livingston, Manteca, Ripon, Tracy, Lodi, Sonora, Los Banos, San Andreas, Mariposa, and Yosemite, as well as the northern San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Foothills...
.
The "Gateway to Yosemite", PML is an all-seasons vacation and retirement community. PML boasts a private 202 acre (0.81746572 km²) lake with 6 miles (9.7 km) of shoreline. The community also hosts an 18-hole championship golf course, golf shop, lake lodge, tennis, hiking, horseback riding, swimming, fishing, an airport
Pine Mountain Lake Airport
Pine Mountain Lake Airport , formerly Q68, is a public airport located three miles northeast of Groveland, serving Tuolumne County, California, USA. The airport is used mostly for general aviation. The airport is part of the Pine Mountain Lake community...
, and close proximity to local shopping, medical, and government services. PML is 26 miles (41.8 km) west of Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain...
on highway 120. It gets a light dusting of snow in the winter, warm summer days, a green spring, and colorful fall.
About
The lake is spring fed and is also fed by the Big Creek. The lake level has never dipped lower than 4 feet (1.2 m) even in low rain fall. It has 210 acre (0.8498406 km²) of water and 6 miles (10 km) of shoreline. It affords water skiing, sailing, swimming and fishing. It has three sandy swim beaches a boat launch marina and a fisherman's park. Pine Mountain Lake Association stocks the lake with trout. The lake is surrounded by pinePine
Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...
s and manzanita
Manzanita
Manzanita is a common name for many species of the genus Arctostaphylos. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees present in the chaparral biome of western North America, where they occur from southern British Columbia, Washington to California, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and...
s, and most homes cannot be seen from the lake, preserving its wilderness feeling.
The Pine Mountain Lake Subdivision was developed by Boise Cascade in the late 1960s with about 3,600 homesites averaging about one third to one half of an acre each. PML offers an equestrian center (homesites near the center are larger, about 1 to 2 acres (8,093.7 m²) and allow your own horse), tennis, a PGA rated golf course with a full time Golf Pro, "Country Club" and full time mobile security patrol. The Lake is about 2,500–2,550 feet above mean sea level. The highest points in the community are about 3100 feet (944.9 m) AMSL. Altitudes range from about 2,600 to 3100 ft (944.9 m). It's above the fog and below the snow line. Temps range from the 20–30 °F in winter to 80–90 °F in the summer. Snow in the winter usually is light, and while the streets are plowed, you will not likely need to shovel your driveway. Land line phone service is available with high speed internet in most areas. Cell phones have a little trouble is this area. US postal service offers P.O. boxes in Downtown Groveland and delivery to Pine Mountain Lake's many neighborhood lock box centers within the gated community. UPS
United Parcel Service
United Parcel Service, Inc. , typically referred to by the acronym UPS, is a package delivery company. Headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States, UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the...
and FedEx
FedEx
FedEx Corporation , originally known as FDX Corporation, is a logistics services company, based in the United States with headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee...
delivery is very good. Furniture deliveries and other tradesmen need the owners to call in a pass for them at the Main Security Gate to gain entrance. Nobody gets in without a pass or an owner's card.
The community comprises a combination of year round residents and seasonal residents, retired folks and families, young and old. With a very small year-round population base, the town has a small-town atmosphere, with residents alway quick with a wave and a hello. Most lots in the development are developed, and most of the homes are unique in their design, ranging from log cabins and cute A frames to grand stately homes. Some homes are rented as seasonal resort homes. Many Realty companies in the area handle the rentals of private homes in Pine Mountain Lake.
Groveland has Tenaya Elementary School grades K–8 and Tioga High School grade 9–12, part of the Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District. Columbia Junior College is about 25 miles (40 km) down the hill in Columbia, 2 miles (3 km) from Sonora (about 22 miles (35 km) from Groveland). The community hosts a wide variety of churches .
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the CDP covers an area of 19.3 square miles (49.9 km²), 19.0 square miles (49.1 km²) of it land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (1.46%) water.
Demographics
The 2010 United States Census reported that Pine Mountain Lake had a population of 2,796. The population densityPopulation density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 145.2 people per square mile (56.1/km²). The racial makeup of Pine Mountain Lake was 2,596 (92.8%) White, 18 (0.6%) African American, 25 (0.9%) Native American, 24 (0.9%) Asian, 7 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 21 (0.8%) from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 105 (3.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 183 persons (6.5%).
The Census reported that 2,796 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,346 households, out of which 200 (14.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 776 (57.7%) were opposite-sex married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 84 (6.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 44 (3.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 66 (4.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships
POSSLQ
POSSLQ is an abbreviation for "Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters," a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households....
, and 7 (0.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 369 households (27.4%) were made up of individuals and 216 (16.0%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08. There were 904 families
Family (U.S. Census)
A family or family household is defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a householder and one or more other people related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption. They do not include same-sex married couples even if the marriage was performed in a state...
(67.2% of all households); the average family size was 2.45.
The population was spread out with 372 people (13.3%) under the age of 18, 95 people (3.4%) aged 18 to 24, 340 people (12.2%) aged 25 to 44, 973 people (34.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 1,016 people (36.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 60.0 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.
There were 3,048 housing units at an average density of 158.3 per square mile (61.1/km²), of which 1,117 (83.0%) were owner-occupied, and 229 (17.0%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 20.7%. 2,239 people (80.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 557 people (19.9%) lived in rental housing units.
Politics
In the state legislatureCalifornia State Legislature
The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members...
Pine Mountain Lake is located in the 14th Senate
California State Senate
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 state senators. The state legislature meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate and may break a tied vote...
District, represented by Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Tom Berryhill
Tom Berryhill
Tom Berryhill is a Republican politician in the United States who currently represents the 14th district in the California State Senate...
, and in the 25th Assembly
California State Assembly
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...
District, represented by Republican Kristin Olsen
Kristin Olsen
Kristin Olsen is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. She is a Republican representing the 25th district, encompassing Calaveras, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne counties, and parts of Madera and Stanislaus counties...
. Federally, Pine Mountain Lake is located in California's 19th congressional district
California's 19th congressional district
California's 19th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of California that covers parts of Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Tuolumne, and Stanislaus counties....
, which has a Cook PVI
Cook Partisan Voting Index
The Cook Partisan Voting Index , sometimes referred to as simply the Partisan Voting Index , is a measurement of how strongly an American congressional district or state leans toward one political party compared to the nation as a whole...
of R +10 and is represented by Republican Jeff Denham
Jeff Denham
Jeffrey John "Jeff" Denham is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party.He previously served two terms in the California State Senate, representing the 12th District, which includes Madera, Merced, Monterey, San Benito and Stanislaus counties. Denham was the second...
.
Airport
The Pine Mountain Lake AirportPine Mountain Lake Airport
Pine Mountain Lake Airport , formerly Q68, is a public airport located three miles northeast of Groveland, serving Tuolumne County, California, USA. The airport is used mostly for general aviation. The airport is part of the Pine Mountain Lake community...
is five miles (8 km) from the intersection of Ferretti Road and SR120
California State Route 120
State Route 120 , in northern California, runs between the Central Valley near Manteca, through Yosemite National Park, and ends at U.S. Route 6 in Mono County.-Route description:...
. The facility has an FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
identifier of E45 and features a roughly-3600 feet (1,097.3 m) runway.
Sources
- Map: "Stanislaus National ForestStanislaus National ForestStanislaus National Forest contains in four counties in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California. It was established on February 22, 1897, making it one of the oldest national forests...
, California," U.S. Forest Service, 1979. - Map: "Groveland, California," U.S. Geological Survey, 1987.
- Airport Facility Directory: Southwest U.S., U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, unknown date.