Frick Lake – Livermore
You don’t notice Frick Lake when you drive out Laughlin Road towards Brushy Peak. It’s dry now. At the base of the rock outcrop down by the lake is a nice little cluster of boulders with 16 bedrock mortars, anvils, and cupules.
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Enter here
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Go straight out the loop trail.
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Turn right onto this trail
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Maybe a mile out when you see this sign, take the nice single track trail behind it down the drainage to the lake.
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When you see the Lonesome Tree down by the lake go south about 200 yards
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An ancient camp on the shoreline of the ancient lake
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The numbers indicate how many mortars we have identified at each site. That’s Lawrence Livermore at the bottom.![](https://eastbayhillpeople.com/eastbayhillpeople/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Frick-Lake-1-289x300.jpg)
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