Gold Discovery

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park

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Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park is a state park of California, United States, marking the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall at Sutter's …

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Jul 15, 2023
In an hour's time you can see a reproduction of Sutter's Mill, and some ruins of a nineteenth century town. It takes no more than an hour to see it all, unless you pan for gold, there seems to be a b… Full review by Kirk M
Jun 2, 2023
A beautiful and interesting place to spend the day. The park includes a small but very well done museum, original buildings open to the public (including a chinese store fully stocked), nice trails, … Full review by TravelDreami
May 21, 2023
We were looking forward to panning for gold but the guided tours were cancelled due to school groups, so we just bought a pan at the gift shop and headed down to the river! With so much gold to be f… Full review by Littletinyfi
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Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park is the site where James W. Marshall discovered gold in 1848, which initiated the famous Califo…
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We plan to visit in a few days. Will it be too cold to standing in the river panning the gold right now?
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There are exhibits adjacent to the river that you can do gold panning in. Call the museum for times of operation.
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How much time should we plan on spending here?
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We spent about 4 hours. It would have been easy to double that. We where there in the off season before all the buildings were open for the year. We found a parking spot and …
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We spent about 4 hours. It would have been easy to double that. We where there in the off season before all the buildings were open for the year. We found a parking spot and walked to most of the sites. There are places to picnic with grills and also places in town for lunch.
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Does the mill operate for visitors of the park daily?
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We used to be able to run the Mill daily on our tours (offered at 11am and 1pm). However the recent flooding from both January 2017 and February 2017 caused the water from the South …
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We used to be able to run the Mill daily on our tours (offered at 11am and 1pm). However the recent flooding from both January 2017 and February 2017 caused the water from the South Fork of the American River to spill over the banks thus getting water into motor that we used to run Sutter's Mill. We are working to repair the damage but do not have an ETA for when the Mill will be operational again.
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Answer by Katlin E · Mar 22, 2017
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