Unearth Hidden Treasures and Secret Trails on California’s Gold Country Road Trip — Your Ultimate Adventure Awaits!
We added some adventurous side trips into the High Sierras along the National Scenic Byway of Ebbetts Pass and Highway 108 into the Emigrant Wilderness. While we didn’t go to Lake Tahoe on this itinerary, it’s an easy and fabulous addition. If you’re flying into Gold Country, Sacramento International Airport is the best place to start your road trip, but if San Francisco is more in your flow, that’s just two hours from the heart of Highway 49.
TUOLUMNE COUNTY
First stop…Tuolumne County! While it’s most famous for Yosemite, we were blown away by the surrounding nature that few see, like the Emigrant Wilderness and Stanislaus National Forest…which have that same national park beauty without the crowds! We loved that this county takes its role in Gold Rush history seriously, preserving its most iconic places as living museums and state parks over tourist traps. During our four days here, we totally got into the Western spirit, from riding shotgun on a 19th-century stagecoach in Columbia to horseback riding with Kennedy Meadows Pack Station…and hope you do too!
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