Welcome to Alpine County.
Scenic Alpine County, California lies along the crest of the
central Sierra Nevada, south of Lake Tahoe and north of Yosemite.
Its name truly describes the area, since snow-covered peaks, high
alpine meadows and beautiful forests are the main geographic
features. Alpine County has the smallest population of all counties
in California (about 1200 people in 1996). Markleeville is the
County seat, and home to many of the county's offices. Since Alpine
County has no incorporated cities, most public services are
provided by county departments and agencies.
If you just came from the normal launch point for Utica Reservoir
traveling North East. Do you know what county you just left? It's
not the county you might think or likely drove in to get here which
was Calaveras County. You just left Tuolumne County which the North
fork of the Stanislaus river is the northern boundary. You crossed
the North fork driving here on Spicer road. The three counties
intersect about .6 of a mile North West of this geocache.
This visitor center is rarely staffed, but please stop in and sign
our guest log book. For a wonderful tour of Utica just look for all
the geocaches on this reservoir. For an extended trip use the
portage trail near the West side of the Union Reservoir dam and
explore Union Reservoir.
Bring your own pen.
