Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park - Nevada City, California

baltazar L. L.

Muy bonito lugar para divertirse con la familia y caminar nadar muy excelente

Jorge A.

This State Historic Park is amazing. The museum is well taken care of. Small and rustic but it shows in detail how life was in the 1800s to 1900s in this area.

Adela, the Park Ranger at the museum was very friendly and is a great source of information for the Malakoff Diggins Museum. She warned us about bears and sure enough, on the way out of the hiking area, I saw a black bear down a small stream. It ran down the creek and away from us when it saw us. We took off in the opposite direction.

bartellj

The history here is pretty amazing! It really shows you the distraction that mining had on the landscape. It’s really fun to go see the old town of humbug. The museum was fun to walk through. The trail that takes you down to the Diggins is really well-maintained I’m pretty sure you could even take someone in a wheelchair. The park has a lot of charm and it was worth the drive.

mike S.

The biggest complaint is that the actual diggings are closed for environmental restorations. Some overlooks are available but parking at trailheads is limited. Getting down into the valley and what's left of the old town can be an unsettling drive for folks used to highways and shoulders.

Erik V.

Take a weekend to get to know the history of the town of Humbug and the historical significance of the Malakoff Diggins. We're going to be making this wonderful place a regular stop on our road adventures.

Kirah W.

This place is so cool! I think my favorite part was checking out the tunnel! It was a pretty warm day and just going next to the tunnel, the temp dropped about 10 degrees so it was a nice place to get cool and check out an amazing part of this town's history 😊 All other trails were fun and very interesting as well!

Jenny M.

This place is super cool! I went not knowing what to expect and found a very well-preserved gold rush era ghost town once home to 1200 and now home to 12 people, interesting views of mountains decimated by hydraulic mining (which was banned in the late 19th century because it’s so destructive), hiking trails and campgrounds I might make use of when it’s not 100 degrees (literally). Super interesting and fun! The drive from the North Bloomfield side goes by Edwards Crossing and afternoon that involves some kind of dicey dirt road driving, but it was doable in my sedan in late summer. You can also get there from Tyler Foote Road, which is paved the whole way.

Jennifer Q.

I came up for a 3 day weekend starting Friday. The drive was good, beautiful scenery, and the campsite was super clean.
Within an hour of being there, a mama bear and her two cubs wandering into the camp. I gave them all the space and left for a while. Two hours later she returned. This mama bear is not afraid of people and looking for food. I would not suggest visiting this camp site for a while to give the bears some space. I actually left but plan to come back in the future. It has a lot of trails and it's nice a quiet.