Welcome to Pinecrest ...

Pinecrest is located in Tuolumne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinecrest, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

Pinecrest is 5,670 feet [1,728 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pinecrest is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The telephone area code for Pinecrest: (209)

The ZIP code for Pinecrest: 95364<3>

Websites for Pinecrest ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tcchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Pinecrest, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Pinecrest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Pinecrest: This one is located in Tuolumne County and the other is located in Nevada County.

Beyond California, there are 30 communities that are also named Pinecrest - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (4), Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi (2), North Carolina (3), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina (4), Tennessee, Utah and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pinecrest.

Communities near Pinecrest ...

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

• Cold Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Cold Springs is located in Tuolumne County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cold Springs <4>
• Long Barn
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Barn
  • Long Barn is located in Tuolumne County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Barn <4>
• Sierra Village
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sierra Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Village
  • Sierra Village is located in Tuolumne County
• Dardanelle
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dardanelle
  • Dardanelle is located in Tuolumne County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dardanelle <4>
• Mi-Wuk Village
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mi-Wuk Village
  • Mi-Wuk Village is located in Tuolumne County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mi-Wuk Village <4>
• Big Meadow
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Meadow
  • Big Meadow is located in Calaveras County
• Big Trees Village
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
  • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
• Dorrington
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrington
  • Dorrington is located in Calaveras County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dorrington <4>
• Twain Harte
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twain Harte
  • Twain Harte is located in Tuolumne County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twain Harte <4>
• Camp Connell
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Connell
  • Camp Connell is located in Calaveras County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camp Connell <4>

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 Pinecrest. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pinecrest.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pinecrest. 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 Pinecrest.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pinecrest ...

Looking for more information about Pinecrest? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Pinecrest, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pinecrest.

Adding Pinecrest to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pinecrest in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pinecrest was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Pinecrest post office opened in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinecrest.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pinecrest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tuolumne County: www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/