Sacramento and the Gold Country Features

Experience Sacramento and the Gold Country

When to Go

The Gold Country is most pleasant in spring, when the wildflowers are in bloom, and in fall. Summers...

Top Reasons to Go

Golden Opportunities: Attractions like Marshall Gold Discovery State Park and Hangtown's Gold Bug &...

Great Itineraries

Increasing traffic makes a drive from Sacramento to and along Highway 49 potentially long and frustrating...

If You Like

The Gold Country abounds in well-preserved examples of gold rush-era architecture, so why not experience...

Gold Rush Years

A new era dawned for California when James Marshall turned up a gold nugget in the tailrace of a sawmill...

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