RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of California >> Calaveras County >> Douds LandingIndex...

Welcome to Douds Landing ...

Douds Landing is located in Calaveras County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Douds Landing: Douds Lndg. (or less commonly used: Douds Lndng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Douds Landing for more information about variations on the name of Douds Landing.

Douds Landing is 3,510 feet [1,070 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Douds Landing is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Douds Landing lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Douds Landing: 209 & 350<3>

Communities near Douds Landing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Douds Landing.

  • Sonora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Angels
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Angels is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
  • Angels City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
  • Big Trees
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Cedar Vista
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
  • Forest Meadows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
  • Dorrington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Big Trees Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
  • Camp Connell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Douds Landing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Douds Landing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Douds Landing. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Douds Landing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Douds Landing. See our Newspapers Page for Douds Landing.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Douds Landing ...

Looking for more information about Douds Landing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Douds Landing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Douds Landing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Calaveras, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Douds Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Douds Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Douds Landing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.