Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

Nevada City, Nevada County, California · State Historic Park

A historic hydraulic gold mining site near Nevada City, featuring dramatic eroded cliffs, colorful canyon walls, forested trails, camping, and preserved 19th-century mining town buildings.

Campgrounds

• Chute Hill Campground — June – September · 32 tent sites · Group camp · Drive-in · reserve
• North Bloomfield Cabin Colony — June – September · Drive-in · reserve

Top trails

• Missouri Bar Trail — 7.4 mi · 2,860 ft gain · 3h 53m · Out & back
• Humbug Creek Trail — 4.8 mi · 749 ft gain · 1h 59m · Out & back
• Rim Trail — 3.4 mi one way · 457 ft gain · 1h 21m · Point to point
• Diggins Loop Trail — 3.0 mi · 222 ft gain · 1h 7m · Loop
• Blair Trail — 1.0 mi one way · 216 ft gain · 27m · Point to point

More trails here: North Bloomfield Trail, Slaughterhouse Trail, Upper Humbug North Blomfield Trail.

Coordinates: 39.3708, -120.8980.

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