Historic Attractions & Points of Interest
The Gold Country ~ Amador, Calaveras & Tuolumne counties
Museums, Living History, Sites & Tours
The discovery of gold here in 1848 touched off the largest gold rush in history. Reminders of those glory days can be found everywhere along Historic Highway 49 which runs 321 miles and links many of the 19th Century Mother Lode mining towns. Enjoy our history as well as the fine restaurants and cafes for lunch or dinner.
| Amador County | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Amador County Museum | Gold Rush, Native American & Chinese-American exhibits |
223-6386 | |
| Black Chasm | historic caverns guided tours, gifts | caveandmineadventures.com | 866.762.2837 |
| Chaw’se Indian Grinding Rock | events, ceremonies, camping & more | 296-7488 | |
| Chew Kee Store | open Sat. noon-4, Apr. through Oct. | fiddletown.info/chewkee.htm | 223-0350 |
| Kennedy Tailing Wheels | two monstrous, 58-foot diameter wheels | kennedygoldmine.com | 223-9542 |
| Shenandoah Valley Museum at Sobon Estate Winery |
original D’Agostini winery building | 245-6554 | |
| Sutter Gold Mine | gold mine guided tours, panning and gifts | caveandmineadventures.com | 866.762.2837 |
| Calaveras County | |||
| Altaville School | historic landmark | historichwy49.com | 800.225.3764 |
| Angels Camp Museum | gold rush artifacts | angelscamp.gov | 736-2963 |
| Calaveras County Museum | archeological artifacts | calaverascohistorical.com | 754-4685 |
| Calaveras Cnty. Hist. Society | gold country archives | calaverascohistorical.com | 754-1058 |
| Mark Twain’s Historic Jumping Frog Jubilee, Calaveras County Fairgrounds |
frogtown.org | 736-2561 | |
| Murphys Old Timers Museum | gold rush artifacts | visitmurphys.com | 728-1160 |
| Quartz Mountain Stageline | authentic stage coach rides | qmcarriage.com | 588-0808 |
| Red Barn Museum | Calaveras County history | calaverascohistorical.com | 754-0800 |
| Sierra Nevada Logging Museum | sierraloggingmuseum.org | 795-6782 | |
| California Caverns | cavern & mine tours | caveandmineadventures.com | 866.762.2837 |
| Moaning Caverns | cavern & mine tours | caveandmineadventures.com | 866.762.2837 |
| Tuolumne County | |||
| California Gold Company | authentic gold mining trips | goldfun.com | 984-4914 |
| Columbia State Historic Park | theatre, history, tours and more | columbiacalifornia.com | 536-1672 |
| Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum & Library |
grovelandmuseum.org | 962-0300 | |
| Hidden Treasures Gold Mining Tours tour a real goldmine |
532-9693 | ||
| Jamestown Gold Prospecting Adventures | goldprospecting.com | 984-4653 | |
| Railtown 1897 Historic State Park in Jamestown |
railtown1897.org | 984-3953 | |
| Rother Corner Fire Museum | in the old Fire Station in Sonora | sonoraca.com | 532-7890 |
| Sierra Repertory Theatre | sierrarep.org | 532-3120 | |
| Sonora Pass Wagon Train | historical wagon experience | sonorapasswagontrain.com | 586-3007 |
| Tuolumne County Museum & History Center | tchistory.org | 532-1317 | |
| Tuolumne City Memorial Museum | tuolumnecity.wordpress.com | 533-0923 | |
| Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad | ymsprr.com | 683-7273 | |
(all phone numbers are in the 209 area code unless otherwise noted)