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template: byway.jade
id: "2305"
name: Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway
distance: "61"
duration: Take two hours to drive or five hours to explore the byway.
description: "Travel Ebbetts Pass National Scenic Byway and experience glacially carved valleys and canyons, ancient volcanic peaks, and rugged granite snow-capped ridges. Two State Park gateways feature the northernmost groves of giant sequoias in the U.S. Driving on this narrow asphalt ribbon brings the backcountry up close, renewing spirit and body."
contact: "**Alpine County Visitors Center**  \r\n 530-694-2475  \r\n\r\n**Calaveras Visitors Bureau**  \r\n 800-225-3764  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:frogmail@caltel.com )  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/stanislaus/calaveras/camping/index.shtml"
    name: Camping in Calaveras Big Trees State Park
  - url: "http://www.scenic4.org/"
    name: Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway
  - url: "http://www.goldenpinesrvresort.com/"
    name: Golden Pines RV Resort and Campground
  - url: "http://www.greaterarnold.org/"
    name: Greater Arnold Area Guide
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/stanislaus/"
    name: Stanislaus National Forest
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - California State Scenic Highway
states: 
  - CA
ll: 
  - -120.35105099999998
  - 38.25550800000008
bounds: 
  - - -120.35105099999998
    - 38.25550800000008
  - - -119.72181699999999
    - 38.69889100000006

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Travel Ebbetts Pass National Scenic Byway and experience glacially carved valleys and canyons, ancient volcanic peaks, and rugged granite snow-capped ridges. Two State Park gateways feature the northernmost groves of giant sequoias in the U.S. Driving on this narrow asphalt ribbon brings the backcountry up close, renewing spirit and body.