California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

(Dana P.) #1

Highway 49


Through Gold


Country


3–4 DAYS
200 MILES/325KM

GREAT FOR...


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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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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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