Cooks Station, Mountain roadside stop in Amador County, California.

Cooks Station sits at 5,000 feet (1,500 m) on State Route 88 in Amador County, in the Sierra Nevada. It is a roadside stop, one of only two surviving stations of the many that appeared after the road over Carson Pass was completed in the 1860s; Ham's Station, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) east at 6,000 feet, is the other.

The station was established in 1863 as a stop on the Volcano section of the Carson Emigrant Trail. It remains one of just two original stations from that era still standing along this historic mountain passage route.

Cooks Station takes its name from the family that kept this stop on the Volcano cutoff of the Carson Emigrant Trail. Today drivers still use it as a landmark on State Route 88, and CALTRANS posts chain requirements here during snowstorms.

Cooks Station sits at 5,000 feet on State Route 88, and CALTRANS uses it as one of the points marking where snow chains are required during storms. Current conditions and chain requirements are posted on the CALTRANS road information website, so check them before climbing toward Carson Pass.

Cooks Station sits at 5,000 feet on State Route 88, while Ham's Station lies 3.3 miles east at 6,000 feet. CALTRANS uses both points to mark where snow chains are required during storms, with current requirements posted on its road information website.