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.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Roseville
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Roseville is the most populous city in Placer County, California, located within the Sacramento metropolitan area.
Nevada City
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Nevada City is the county seat of Nevada County, California, United States, 60 miles northeast of Sacramento, 84 miles southwest of Reno and 147 miles northeast of San Francisco.
Destinations
Tuolumne County
Tuolumne County is in California. From the Gold Country in the west, this county extends east into the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Amador County
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Amador County is in California's Gold Country. The county's Shenandoah Valley is also considered part of California Wine Country.
Placer County
Placer County is in California. From the Lake Tahoe and the Gold Country in the west, this county extends east across the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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.
Nevada County
Nevada County is in California. From the Gold Country in the west, this county extends east across the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Calaveras County
Calaveras County is in California. From the Gold Country in the west, this county extends east into the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Gold Country
- Type: region
- Description: Historic gold-mining region in Northern California
- Location: California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
38.4° or 38° 24' northLongitude of centre
-120.8° or 120° 48' westWikidata ID
Q3091321Gold Country Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: غولد كنتري
- Chinese: 黃金區
- Dutch: Gold Country
- French: Gold Country
- German: Gold Country
- Hebrew: חבל הארץ גולד
- Japanese: ゴールドカントリー
- Persian: سرزمین طلا
- Portuguese: Gold Country
- Portuguese: Região do Ouro
- Turkish: Altın Bölgesi
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Gold Country. Photo: Patrick Nouhailler, CC BY-SA 2.0.