Follow the road for a one-quarter mile, and then take the side trail on the left down to the river where water spills from the North Fork Dam creating three and a half mile long Lake Clementine. The dirt trail ends at the pavement of Lower Lake Clementine access road. The trail continues through a shaded portion of the old stagecoach route. The rock is on private property but once a year, members of the Canyon Keepers are allowed permission to hike and explore the rock. The bandits owned a hotel and stage stop in Clipper Gap and sometimes robbed the very people who were staying at their hotel. Just a short distance from here, look for the remains of three more bridge foundations dating as far back as 1852.Īnother noticeable landmark rising 1,000 feet above the river is the craggy outcropping of limestone known as “Lime Rock” or “Robber’s Roost.” Native Americans believed a spirit lived in the rock and could be heard moaning from deep inside its many caves just before and during a storm.Ī band of outlaws known as the Gasaway Gang used it as a lookout, watching for approaching wagons traveling along the stagecoach road. Cows cost 6 cents, horsemen 50 cents and wagons led by two horses $1 to cross the bridge. This is the site of a covered wooden toll bridge similar to the one found at Bridgeport.
In the early 1900’s, the city of Auburn set up a concession stand and lifeguards on the beach.Ībout one mile upstream, look for the stone piers of another bridge. Look for the side path down to the water where in summer a sandy beach is exposed. This is Clark’s pool, a popular swimming hole for 100 years. After walking three-quarters of a mile, the river will slow and become tranquil. The trail narrows and becomes single track for a short distance. If the proposed Auburn Dam were built, the high water mark of the reservoir created would hit just 22 feet below the top of the bridge piers at 590 feet above the river. Rising high above the river is the new Foresthill Bridge erected in 1973.Īt 730 feet above the river and 2,248 feet in length, it is the highest bridge in California and the third highest in the United States. After walking a quarter mile look for the concrete abutments left from the “Steel Bridge” that served traffic from 1911-1955.
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