Highway 49 North to South

Information about gold mining towns and visitor attractions along Highway 49 in Northern California's gold country. Highway 49 is about 300 miles long and it stretches between Yuba Pass in the north and Oakhurst in the south.

Sierra County Highway 49

Loyalton

Sattley

Sierraville

Sierra City

Downieville

Nevada County

North San Juan

Nevada City

Grass Valley

Placer County

Auburn
- Old Town Auburn
- Large Statue of Prospector Claude Chana
- Placer County Courthouse Museum and Visitors Center

El Dorado County

Cool

Coloma

Placerville
- Named after the placer gold mining technique
- Original name was "Dry Diggins"
- Known as "Hangtown" after a triple hanging in 1949
- Pony Express Station Historic Marker
- Gold Bug Park
- El Dorado County Historical Museum
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Park (few miles north)

Amador County Highway 49

Plymouth

Amador City

Sutter Creek

Jackson

Calaveras County Highway 49

Valley Springs

Mokulumne Hill

San Andreas

Angels Camp

Tuolumne CountyHighway 49

Columbia

Sonora

Jamestown

Mariposa County Highway 49

Mariposa

Madera County Hghway 49

Oakhurst

Coarsegold

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Gold Country Highway 49 Resources
- Wikipedia "California State route 49" Article
- Historic Highway 49 Web Site

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