Gold Country

Gold Country is a region of California that includes foothills of the western Sierra Nevada mountains and many historic towns that date to the 1849 California Gold Rush. Today highway 49 winds its way through small towns that protect the legacy of California's early settlers.

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Tuolumne County
Tuolumne County is in California. From the Gold Country in the west, this county extends east into the Sierra Nevada mountains. Tuolumne County Travel Guide »
Placer County
Placer County is in California. From the Gold Country in the west, this county extends east across the Sierra Nevada mountains. Placer County Travel Guide »
Calaveras County
Calaveras County is in California. From the Gold Country in the west, this county extends east into the Sierra Nevada mountains. Calaveras County Travel Guide »
Nevada County
Nevada County is in California. From the Gold Country in the west, this county extends east across the Sierra Nevada mountains. Nevada County Travel Guide »
El Dorado County
El Dorado County is in California. From the Gold Country in the west, this county extends east across the Sierra Nevada mountains. El Dorado County Travel Guide »
Amador County
Amador County is in California's Gold Country. Amador County Travel Guide »
Murphys
Murphys is in the Gold Country region of California and is located in Calaveras County which was made famous by Mark Twain's "Jumping frog of Calaveras County". Murphys Travel Guide »
Sierra County
Sierra County is in California's Gold Country. Sierra County Travel Guide »
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Gold Country Travel Guide is based on Gold Country by Inas, Eco84, Claus Hansen, Colin Jensen, Craig A. Will, Ryan Holliday, randy weiss, Josh, Evan Prodromou, iGuide and others. Gold Country Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.