Highway 49

Through Gold

Country

3–4 DAYS

200 MILES/325KM

GREAT FOR...

BJG

BEST TIME TO GO

April to October for

sunny skies.

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ESSENTIAL

PHOTO

Sutter’s Mill,

California’s original

gold discovery site.

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BEST FOR

SWIMMING

South Yuba River State

Park.

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There’s plenty to see on winding Hwy 49; a trip through Gold

Country shows off California’s early days, when hell-raising

prospectors and ruffians rushed helter-skelter into the West.

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Jackson

Sonora

Auburn

Placerville

Sutter

Creek

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mK

Columbia

Trip back in time to the

Gold Rush’s heyday

12 miles

Amador County Wine

Country

Sun-loving red wines

from old vines

85 miles

Coloma

Eureka! Discover gold

on the American River

115 miles

Around Nevada City

Explore Empire Mine,

then take a dip

160 miles

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

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