Sugar Pine is an

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. It is located north of Yosemite Forks, at an elevation of 4236 feet (1291 m). It is located 1 mile east of

California State Route 41 State Route 41 (SR 41) is a state highway in California, connecting the Central Coast with the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada. Its western terminus is at the Cabrillo Highway ( SR 1) in Morro Bay, and its eastern terminus is at SR ...

, between

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and the South Entrance of

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. Sugar Pine was built by the

Madera Sugar Pine Company The Madera Sugar Pine Company was a lumber company that operated in the Sierra Nevada region of California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was known for its use of innovative technologies, such as the first log flume and logg ...

in 1899 to 1900. The company which had an extensive logging operation in the area between the 1890s and 1931. The mill pond and some service buildings are all that remain of the mill. The company housing units, over the years updated, are still in use today as residences and vacation homes. A post office operated at Sugar Pine from 1907 to 1934.

Gallery

Sugar Pine Mill Log Pond.jpg, The first mill at Sugar Pine around 1920. Sugar Pine Mill Log Pond Full Deck.jpg, A "full deck" in the

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ready to be cut. Sugar Pine Mill Complex - Loading Yards.jpg, The Madera Sugar Pine company expanded the Sugar Pine Mill complex after a catastrophic fire in 1922. Sugar Pine Mill Flume Complex.jpg, Several flume sections leave the mill to converge into one v-shaped trough for the 54-mile run to

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References

Unincorporated communities in Madera County, California Populated places in the Sierra Nevada (United States) Populated places established in 1899 1899 establishments in California Unincorporated communities in California {{MaderaCountyCA-geo-stub