Sonora is located in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, in the heart of California’s “Gold Country”. It is named after the miners from Sonora Mexico who settled the City in 1848. Known as the “Queen of the Southern Mines”, this pristine City still holds on to its historic charm with many of its existing buildings dating…Read More »
Twain Harte is just above the foothill towns of Sonora and Jamestown. We get snow in the winter as we are about 3650 feet above sea level. We are in the forest, with tall trees everywhere. It’s a great place to stop for lunch or dinner or to stay overnight on your way to take…Read More »
Mi-Wuk Village is a small town in the high country (above 4000 foot elevation) that is conveniently located, about 18 miles east of Sonora and 15 miles west of Pinecrest Lake. The town itself has three restaurants, a post office, ranger station, a motel, a bed & breakfast, and many rental cabins. It is three…Read More »
PINECREST LAKE Although Pinecrest is too far from the Mother Lode vein to have gold itself, the Gold Rush brought activity here because of the need for water to wash the gold out of gravel and dirt retrieved from the creeks in the foothills. Aqueducts were built high up in the forest to tap the…Read More »