Gold Country
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The history of the California Gold Rush is rich in folklore and
interesting places, many of which are in hiking and driving
distance from Willow Creek Campground.
It is not uncommon to find people panning for gold alongside
the creeks and streams of the area, or to stumble upon an
abandoned gold mine, some of which is easy to imagine the
flurry of activity that was taking place back in 1849.
A great source for information before your trip is The California
Gold Country: Highway 49 Revisited, by author Elliott H.
Koeppel. While the book is temporarily out of print, sections of
it can be found online on the author's website.
Nearest to the campground are the towns of Camptonville,
Nevada City, and Downieville. The people may have changed,
but each of the towns has maintained its unique Gold Country
identity for more than 150 years!
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