California Gold Country Explorer

Step back into history to the vibrant era of the 1849 Gold Rush! A single Eureka! event changed history forever early in January, 1848, at Sutter's Mill on the American River, the first gold discovery site. Make a journey on the circuitous Gold Country backroads to museum-quality mining towns on a tour around California's 'Golden Triangle' via Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, and Yosemite National Park, covering one-fifth of the Golden State's most scenic geography. Whether exploring James W....
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Step back into history to the vibrant era of the 1849 Gold Rush! A single Eureka! event changed history forever early in January, 1848, at Sutter's Mill on the American River, the first gold discovery site. Make a journey on the circuitous Gold Country backroads to museum-quality mining towns on a tour around California's 'Golden Triangle' via Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, and Yosemite National Park, covering one-fifth of the Golden State's most scenic geography. Whether exploring James W. Marshall's first gold strike on the American River South Fork or visiting the bounty of vintage mining towns along State Highway 49's Golden Chain, the 300-mile adventure explores the once legendary gold mines, tent camps, and their surrounding lakes, rivers and streams. It's a path of history bringing the magnetic, frantic lust for gold drawing the miners and tradesmen into the goldfields, and within a year the search for the precious mineral generated the single largest mass migration ever recorded. The Gold Country today offers legendary lodging, handcrafted goods, delicious farm to fork foods, craft beer, wine and spirits, with an unlimited choice of vacations and recreational opportunities.