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Amador County is the heartbeat of California's Gold Rush heritage. From the historic towns of Jackson and Sutter Creek to the rolling vineyards of the Shenandoah Valley, Amador offers a rich tapestry of history, wine, and natural beauty. The county is home to some of the deepest gold mines in the world and a thriving wine industry that rivals regions many times its size.
Where History and Community Thrive
The Heart of Amador County
Small-Town Charm, Big History
Peaceful Foothills Living
Gateway to the High Sierra
Gateway to Wine Country
The Jewel of the Mother Lode
A Hidden Gold Rush Hamlet
A free county museum in a historic 1859 Greek Revival house featuring Gold Rush exhibits, working mine models, Victorian-era rooms, and Native American and Chinese American collections.
2 activities →An all-season mountain resort at 6,000 feet on Bear River Reservoir, offering camping, fishing, boating, and deluxe lodging units 42 miles east of Jackson.
5 activities →A National Natural Landmark cave featuring rare helictite crystal formations, guided walking tours through three spectacular chambers, and a stunning underground lake 80 feet below the viewing platform.
3 activities →A beloved six-acre ranch near Volcano once famous for its 300 varieties and 400,000 daffodil blooms each spring — closed indefinitely since 2019 due to overwhelming visitor numbers.
2 activities →A riverside day-use area on the North Fork Mokelumne River below the Electra Powerhouse, locally known as Vaught's Beach — popular for swimming, fishing, and picnicking.
4 activities →One of the three largest gold mines on the Mother Lode, with a historic headframe visible from town — the last mine to close in Amador County.
1 activity →A remarkably preserved rammed-earth Chinese herb shop and general store from the Gold Rush era, offering a rare window into the daily life of Chinese immigrants in 19th-century California.
2 activities →A 135-acre state historic park preserving the largest collection of bedrock mortars in North America, with 1,185 mortar holes, 363 ancient petroglyphs, a reconstructed Miwok village, and the Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum.
6 activities →One of the deepest gold mines in the world — now offering weekend tours of its towering headframe and surface buildings.
2 activities →A 400-acre recreation lake with 13.5 miles of shoreline, known for the heaviest trout planting program in California — plus camping, boating, disc golf, and year-round fishing.
4 activities →A 7,700-acre reservoir with 54 miles of shoreline offering fishing, boating, swimming, hiking, equestrian trails, and year-round camping on the Amador County North Shore.
5 activities →A quiet foothill lake with a 2.5-mile loop trail, stocked fishing, and kayaking — a local favorite tucked away on a Gold Country backroad between Jackson and Pine Grove.
4 activities →A beautifully preserved Gold Rush-era main street lined with Victorian storefronts housing boutique shops, art galleries, wine tasting rooms, and locally owned restaurants.
2 activities →The last water-powered foundry in the United States — a living piece of industrial history.
2 activities →A free outdoor mining heritage park at the south entrance to Sutter Creek, featuring mining artifacts, interpretive signs, bronze statues, and a historic Chinese rock wall.
2 activities →A preserved 1890s general store with original merchandise still on its shelves — dry goods, hardware, penny candy, and more — opened by Italian immigrant Giovanni Monteverde and now operated as a free museum by the City of Sutter Creek.
2 activities →A 2.5-acre city park on the banks of Sutter Creek with a playground, picnic areas, BBQ grills, and Cribbs Field baseball diamond — just steps from historic Main Street.
5 activities →An EBMUD recreation lake near Ione offering fishing for trout, bass, kokanee salmon, and catfish, plus boating, camping at 141 oak-studded campsites, and full-hookup RV sites, open February through November.
4 activities →A Romanesque Revival castle built in 1894 as the administration building for the Preston School of Industry, now a National Register historic site offering guided tours, paranormal investigations, and special events.
6 activities →An operating gold mine and prospecting camp at the confluence of three forks of the Mokelumne River, offering hands-on gold panning, sluicing, metal detecting, cabin and tent camping, and swimming in natural river pools.
4 activities →Amador County's premier wine region featuring over 40 boutique and family-run wineries across five sub-regions, with more than 170 years of winemaking history and some of California's first Zinfandel vineyards.
3 activities →An 1871 two-story brick schoolhouse on Cole Street — one of only two extant brick schoolhouses of its era in the Mother Lode, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1 activity →Wine tasting rooms in and around Sutter Creek offering samples of Amador County's award-winning Zinfandel, Barbera, and other varietals in a relaxed Gold Country setting.
2 activities →The first Serbian Orthodox church in North America, built in 1894 by Serbian miners working the Kennedy and Argonaut gold mines, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and still an active parish.
2 activities →Ione · Up to 600 guests
Ione · 200x250 ft arena with grandstands
Plymouth · Up to 450 (amphitheater) · Private events by inquiry
Ione · 90+ acres
Plymouth ·
Calvary Chapel · Jackson
Church of Christ · Jackson
Evangelical Free Church of America · Pine Grove
United Methodist · Sutter Creek
Non-Denominational · Jackson
Roman Catholic · Sutter Creek
United Methodist · Ione
United Methodist · Jackson
Assembly of God · Ione
Pentecostal · Jackson
Serbian Orthodox · Jackson
Church of the Nazarene · Sutter Creek
Baptist · Sutter Creek
Seventh-day Adventist · Sutter Creek
Episcopal · Sutter Creek
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