Zamora, California: Sweet Gravel near Sacramento

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Welcome to Zamora!

“Zamora (formerly, Black’s, Blacks, Black’s Station, Blacks Station, and Prairie) is an unincorporated community in rural Yolo County, California, U.S., on Interstate 5 due west of Knights Landing. Its ZIP code is 95698 and its area code 530. It is in the northern part of the county.” – https://wikipedia.org

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LGC may be in the injury bin, but that DOES NOT stop her

“Zamora ‘was once a thriving little town with a hotel, two stores, a jail, blacksmith shops, a barbershop, a butcher shop, a medical office, a railroad depot, telegraph office, town hall, IOOF building, post office and six warehouses. There were schools and churches there, too. In 1949 and 1969 modern highways rolled through cutting the heart from the town. What was left was a town with ‘no services’, only a rebuilt IOOF building, a rebuilt town hall, the planning mill and St Agnes Catholic Church, the school building plus a few houses. But the pulse of the community does not stop with the removal of its heart.”

Zamora, California, Ride Experience Video

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In this video, JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew knocks out a fun mixed-surface ride with the Lady Gravel Cyclist. The route, “Stu’s SGW Gravel Ride with Elgart Supplement”, albeit with start and finish in Zamora, is linked below. JOM typically rides routes of his own design, but this route was superb. Many thanks!

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Continued from Above:

“Yolo County officials estimated its 2005 population at 61 and predicted it would have a population of 99 by 2025. Zamora is served by its own post office, a volunteer fire department and St Agnes Catholic church. It lies at an elevation of 52 feet (16 m).”

Additional Photos

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Steep, loose conditions made for hike-a-bike if you got the line wrong

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Determination

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The definition of a rut

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Appropriately named vineyard

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So much Spring bloom

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Zamora is well known for Sheep, and Border Collies
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Bike propped on a boulder as the grader approaches

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3 Comments

  1. Avatar Glenn Jaecks

    Cool, I’ll have to head out there sometime- thanks for the tip and write-up!

  2. Avatar Linda Elgart

    John Elgart designed it. Stu is our teammate. And you are right, don’t do it in the rain or wet. Really bad sticky adobe mud. The spring wildflowers are great! John has a Tuesday ride, sometimes road, sometimes dirt. If you want to be on the list, send an email.

    • JOM JOM

      Many thanks Linda for chiming in! Please pass along my thank you to John, ’tis a superb route.

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