Foresta (formerly, McCauley and Opim) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Mariposa County Mariposa County () is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 17,131. The county seat is Mariposa. It is located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, north of Fresno, east of ...

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, within

Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

. It is located northeast of El Portal, at an elevation of 4,314 feet (1,315 m). The Crane Creek

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overlays the community. The name comes from the

Foresta Land Company Foresta (formerly, McCauley and Opim) is an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California, within Yosemite National Park. It is located northeast of El Portal, at an elevation of 4,314 feet (1,315 m). The Crane Creek census-designate ...

, founded by A.B. Davis in 1913. Davis built a resort at Foresta but abandoned it. The Opim post office operated there from 1882 to 1884.

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Unincorporated communities in Mariposa County, California Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States) Yosemite National Park Unincorporated communities in California {{MariposaCountyCA-geo-stub