---
id: "2305"
name: Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway
distance: "61"
duration: Take two hours to drive or five hours to explore the byway.
description: Travel Ebbetts Pass National Scenic Byway and experience glacially carved valleys and canyons, ancient volcanic peaks, and rugged granite snow-capped ridges. Two State Park gateways feature the northernmost groves of giant sequoias in the U.S. Driving on this narrow asphalt ribbon brings the backcountry up close, renewing spirit and body.
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organization:
  - url: https://scenic4.org/
    name: Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway
attractions:
  - url: https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=551
    name: Calaveras Big Trees State Park
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/stanislaus
    name: Stanislaus National Forest
designations:
  - National Scenic Byway
  - California State Scenic Byway
states:
  - CA
ll:
  - -120.35105099999998
  - 38.25550800000008
bounds:
  - - -120.35105099999998
    - 38.25550800000008
  - - -119.72181699999999
    - 38.69889100000006

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Travel Ebbetts Pass National Scenic Byway and experience glacially carved valleys and canyons, ancient volcanic peaks, and rugged granite snow-capped ridges. Two State Park gateways feature the northernmost groves of giant sequoias in the U.S. Driving on this narrow asphalt ribbon brings the backcountry up close, renewing spirit and body.