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Directions to Don and Laurel Rumsey's Mother Lode Ranch

From Highway 99 North:
Take Highway 120 to Oakdale. At the main stoplight in Oakdale (North Yosemite Avenue and East F street), Highway 120 turns left (east) and joins Highway 108. Take Highway 108 to Sonora. (About 35 miles)

From Highway 99 South:
Take the Keyes Road Exit, 4 miles north of Turlock. Turn right (east). Follow Keys road 3 miles east to Geer Road. Turn left (north). Follow Geer 15 miles to Oakdale. Geer changes names, to Albers; it is the same road, County Route J-14. At the main stoplight in Oakdale (South Yosemite Avenue and East F street), turn right (east) onto Highway 108. Take Highway 108 to Sonora. (About 35 miles)

From Sonora:
Keep on State Highway 108, bypassing downtown Sonora.
At the the Mono Way Exit, turn right. (east)
Go to first stop light, turn right (south-east) on Tuolumne Road.
Go 1.6 miles on Tuolumne Road.
Turn right (south west) on Wards Ferry Road.
Go 4.3 miles on on Wards Ferry Road to 15995 Wards Ferry Road.
The Mother Lode Ranch is on left (east) side of road.
There is a big sign over the entrance.

Mother Lode Ranch
15995 Wards Ferry Road
Sonora, Ca. 95370

Don or Laurel Rumsey
Phone (209) 928-1041



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PO Box 1709
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