The Lake McSwain Camping & Recreation area is one of Central California’s best kept secrets. Featuring a marina, general store, and food service. Lake McSwain features tons of great recreational areas and is located just six miles from the town of Snelling.
Henderson Park is a public park located in Snelling, California. Snelling is a small community situated in Merced County, in the central part of the state. Henderson Park likely offers recreational amenities such as playgrounds, picnic areas, sports facilities, or walking trails for residents and visitors to enjoy.
The San Luis National Wildlife Refuge in the San Joaquin Valley of central California is one of the great remnants of a historically bountiful wintering grounds for migratory waterfowl on the Pacific Flyway. Located in the Bear Creek, Salt Slough, and San Joaquin River floodplain, it hosts a myriad of tree-lined channels and oxbows, wetlands and native grasslands.
The 4.45 acre Joseph Gallo Park has 3 small covered picnic shelters now available for rent, playground, restrooms and a 5 foot wide mostly shaded walking path.
The McConnell State Recreation Area is on the banks of the Merced River. Fishing is popular for catfish, black bass and perch. There are picnic, camping and play areas.
The Merced National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 10,262 acres (41.53 km2) of wetlands, native grasslands, vernal pools, and riparian areas in California.