If you have been thinking about living in the country where you can relax and feel like you are on a permanent vacation, quit holding your breath. You have come to the right place! Mariposa, California is a small town of 1,800 people near Yosemite National Park.
Mariposa has:
- a hospital
- a small airport
- the County Seat
- Department of Motor Vehicles
- two grocery stores
- three gas stations
- three hardware stores
- many restaurants
- numerous churches
- award-winning schools
- and most anything you might need
If Mariposa does not have it, you will find it in Merced, 36 miles west.
To visit us, make a hotel reservation at: - Comfort Inn (209) 966-4344
- Best Western (800) 528-1234
- E.C. Lodge Yosemite (209) 742-6800
- Miners' Inn (209) 742-7777 or (888) 646-2244 Pets OK
e-mail Chery Davis at chery.c21@gmail.com or
call Chery at (800) 655-5175 and tell her when you are planning to visit.
Chery will be glad to give you a free tour of our town to see some of the homes and land for sale.
To reach Mariposa, take Interstate 5 to Highway 99. Turn east on Highway 140 at Merced and drive 36 miles to Mariposa where Highway 49 and 140 merge. Century 21 Sierra REALTORS will be on your left.
Once you are in Mariposa, try the following restaurants:
- Savoury's (209) 966-7677
- Castillo's (209) 742-4413
- Charles Street Dinner House (209) 966-2366
- The Pizza Factory (209) 966-3112
For more information, click on community links. If you're interested in crime in our County, click on "Sheriff" and then click on "Daily Log." You will probably smile. Calls reporting a cow on the road or a goat eating someone's garden are probably our most frequent reports. For more information about Mariposa, click "Chamber of Commerce." If you snowboard, snowshoe, downhill or cross-country ski, take a look at the "Badger Pass Ski Resort."
We have three gas stations in town. Be sure to fill up before driving to Yosemite National Park as there are no gas stations in the Park. If you have any questions, please e-mail: chery.c21@gmail or call (209) 966-2280 ext. 205. Mariposa has great weather, four seasons, and is beautiful all year round. Yosemite National Park gets snow, but in Mariposa, we only get 1-5 days of snow a year. Come for a visit and you will want to stay forever.