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2013-2014 Sierra County Visitors Guide www.sierracountychamber.com MAY 2013 Aug 17 » Wine in the Woods. Wine Tasting, Oct 20 » Loyalton Farmer’s Market & Bazaar. Memorial Day Weekend » Kentucky Mine hors d’oeuvres & silent auction at The Gallery, Noon–3 PM; 993-4488 Museum opens. Sierra City. 862-1310 Mountain Creek Restaurant, Old Sierra City Hotel & Sorracco’s Saloon, Sierra City. Tickets pre-sale Oct 31 » Sierra City Trick or Treat Main Street or at the door. 862-9009 or 862-1560 Bring family & friends, bags & buckets & trick JUNE 2013 or treat all along Main Street. 5:30–7:30 PM Main June 15 » Tour de Manure, 62 Mile Valley Bicycle Aug 18 » Loyalton Farmer’s Market & Bazaar. Street Sierra City. 862-1580 race. Sierraville. 994-3344 Noon–3 PM; 993-4488 NoVEMBER 2013 June 15–16 » Underground Gold Miner Museum Aug 24 » E.C.V. Fall Doins. Convention & Nov 9 » Jolly Holiday Bazaar. 9 AM–3 PM Gold Show. Alleghany. 287-3223 Annual Meeting. Tin Cup Diggins, Downieville. Community Hall. Sierra City. 862-1580 www.downie1849.com June 15–16 » Historical Walking Tours of Nov 11 » E.C.V. Candle Light Doins. Grandiose Alleghany. 11am & 2pm. Alleghany. 287-3223 Aug 24 » Native Daughter’s Ice Cream Social. Evening Initiation for gentlemen over 50. Main Sample homemade ice cream & vote on your Street, Downieville. www.downie1849.com June 16 » Father’s Day Fishing Derby. Yuba & favorite. Cookies. Raffle. Noon.320 Commercial Downie rivers. Downieville. 289-3595 St., Downieville. Nov 11 » Veterans’ Day Ceremony. Evening Initiation f. Bell Tower, Downieville. June 22 » Artists Reception. The Gallery. Sierra Aug 24 » Artists Reception. The Gallery. Sierra City. 862-1188 City. 862-1188 Nov 28 » Miss Jody Thanksgiving Dinner. 1– 4pm Downieville Community Hall JULY 2013 Aug 24 » Loyalton Fireman’s Street Festival & Show and Shine. Loyalton. 993-0640 July 4 » Downieville 4th of July Parade & DECEMBER 2013 Festivities. Noon. Main Street, Downieville SEPTEMBER 2013 Dec 6 » Sierra City’s A Stroll in the Snow. 5–8 PM Main Street Sierra City. 862-1580 July 4 » Loyalton 4th of July Parade & Aug 31–Sept 1 » Gold Rush Weekend: Sat: BBQ Festivities. Main Street & Sierra Brooks Picnic rib cook-off, poker run, dance, vendors; Sun: Grounds, Loyalton Donkey race. Downieville 289-3126 Dec 7 » Holiday on Main Street, Downieville July 5 » Homegrown Talent: Open Mic. Yuba Sept 1 » Loyalton Farmer’s Market & Bazaar. Dec 14 » Sierra City Children’s Christmas Theatre, Downieville. 289-9822 Noon–3 PM; 993-4488 Potluck & Party. 6 PM Community Hall, Sierra City. 862-1347 for info July 6 » Sierra City Old Time Independence Sept 1 » Homegrown Talent: Open Mic. Yuba Day Celebration. 1–5 PM. Carnival games, sack Theatre, Downieville. 289-9822 JANUARY 2014 races, chicken bingo, bartender races, BBQ & Jan 12 » Burning Tree Fest. Downieville. more! Sierra Skies Community Park, Sierra City. Sept 14 » Downieville Antique Bottles & 862-1560 Collectibles Show & Sale. 8 AM–3 PM. FEBRUARY 2014 Downieville School Gym. Rick & Cherry Simi, Cabin Fever Spaghetti Feed, 3rd Saturday in July 6 » Downieville Independence Street Dance 289-3659 February. Community Hall, Downieville CALENDAR OF EVENTS & Muster. Downieville. 289-3126 Sept 15 » Loyalton Farmer’s Market & Bazaar. Feb 15 » Homegrown Talent: Open Mic. Yuba July 7 » Loyalton Farmer’s Market & Bazaar. Noon–3 PM; 993-4488 Theatre, Downieville. 289-9822 Noon–3 PM; Every 1st and 3rd Sunday thru Oct. 993-4488 Sept 20–21 » 5th Annual Big City Rod Run and MARCH 2014 Car Party. 100+ hot rods, muscle & vintage cars. Mar 1 » The Chili Cook-off, Atop the Yuba Pass. July 13 » Kentucky Mine Concert Series: Live Bands, raffles, poker walk, craft fair & unique 289-3262 Mumbo Gumbo. 7:30 PM Kentucky Mine awards from the surrounding businesses. Sierra Amphitheater Sierra City. 862-1310. BBQ 6 PM. City. 862-1560 Mar 16 » Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner. Show $20; BBQ $15 Community Hall, Sierra City. 862-1580 Sept 21 » Artists Reception. The Gallery. Sierra July 12–28 » California State Fair. Come visit City. 862-1188 Snowbusters Spaghetti Feed. Community Hall, the Sierra County booth & vote for us! Cal Expo Sierra City. 862-1577 Sacramento. OCTOBER 2013 Oct 5 » Mountain Star Quilters Fall Color Quilt APRIL 2014 July 21 » Loyalton Farmer’s Market & Bazaar. Show. Theme is “Rhapsody in Blue.” Opens as Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Yuba Noon–3 PM; 993-4488 10am. Community Hall, Downieville Sierra City. Theatre Downieville. 289-9822 862-1580 July 27 » Artists Reception. The Gallery. Sierra April 19 » Downieville Easter Egg Hunt City. 862-1188 Oct 6 » Loyalton Farmer’s Market & Bazaar. Noon–3 PM; 993-4488 AUGUST 2013 MAY 2014 Aug 1–4 » Downieville Classic Bike Race. Cross Oct 12 » Oktoberfest. Street fair, music, vendors, May 3 » Springtime Ladies Champagne country and downhill race, music & street faire. raffle. 10 AM–4 PM.Downtown Sierra City. 862- Luncheon. Celebrate Mother’s Day. Sierra City. Downieville. 289-3010 9009 862-1580 Aug 4 » Loyalton Farmer’s Market & Bazaar. Oct 19 » Homegrown Talent & Art Show: Noon–3 PM; 993-4488 Open Mic & Juried Art Show. Sierraville School, Sierraville. 289-9822 All phone numbers are 530 unless otherwise noted. Go to www.sierracountychamber.com for more events & details CONTENTS Calendar of Events ....................Inside cover Welcome to Sierra County ......................... 1 WELCOME TO SIERRA COUNTY Sierra County Then & Now ........................ 2 Pliocene Ridge ........................................... 3 River Canyon .............................................. 4 Sierra County is located in the heart the alpine forests, river canyons, valleys Sierra Buttes ............................................... 5 of the northern section of the Sierra and mountain peaks. These beautiful Lakes Basin Recreation Area ...................... 6 Nevada. It remains today much as it mountain highways wander through Sierra Valley ................................................ 7 What To Do in Sierra County. ............... 8–17 was over 100 years ago when the gold- some of the finest winter recreation sites Sierra County Map ............................. 18–19 seeking argonauts worked the rivers and in California. Food & Drink. ........................................... 20 mountains in search of their fortune in Services. ................................................... 21 gold. The rivers run free and the forests Here shopping and dining is enjoyed Shopping & Activities ..........................22-23 and meadows wrap their beauty around in historic setting. Amenities range Lodging ...............................................24-25 mountains that defy contemporary from campgrounds to lodging in Camping & Picnicking .............................. 26 development. It’s beautiful in all seasons. comfortable historic buildings with Yuba River Scenic Byway .......................... 27 Local Business Ads & Events ...............28-35 modern conveniences, all surrounded by Lodging Matrix ......................................... 36 Sierra County provides recreation year- the rugged beauty of mountain forests, Trails Matrix ..............................Inside Cover round for every visitor, and scenery that lakes and rivers. sparkles with each new season. For all its wilderness and pristine beauty, Sierra Sierra County is rich with beauty, MILEAGE CHART Reno to Loyalton______________42 miles County is easily accessible year round. natural resources and friendly people, (Hwy 395, Hwy 70, Hwy 49) All major highways into the county are but it has even more to offer. The Reno to Sierraville______________60 miles maintained and plowed during periods Washoe and Maidu Indians, early gold (Hwy I-80, Hwy 89) of snowfall. miners, loggers and ranchers left us with Reno to Sierra City______________79 miles (Hwy 395, Hwy 70, Hwy 49) a priceless possession—a window to Sacramento to Downieville_________99 miles Fishing, hiking and camping are the past. Historic buildings provide a (I-80, Hwy 49) available for all levels of interest and rare and unique look into American Sacramento to Sierra City________107 miles (I-80, Hwy 49) ability. Much of Sierra County is located history as it spans over time and into Nevada City to Downieville______44 miles within the Tahoe National Forest and the present. When you visit, be prepared (Hwy 49) residents and visitors alike benefit from to take a step back, feel the adventure, Nevada City to Sierra City_______56 miles (Hwy 49) the campgrounds, picnic areas and sense the struggle and experience Loyalton to Downieville_________49 miles historic sites. the excitement of gold fever. Imagine (Hwy 49) the human spirit as it worked its way Truckee to Sierraville___________30 miles Bring your camera! Each season has through this rugged country by foot or (Hwy 89) Truckee to Sierra City___________49 miles its own character of beauty that can on horseback. You can almost hear the (Hwy 89, Hwy 49) be captured in photographs. Spring sound of creaking wheels and braying Downieville to Sierra City________12 miles melts the tapestry of a winter blanket, mules. Stop, listen, look. (Hwy 49) then gracefully captures the fields and Quincy to Calpine_____________49 miles Let others in on the secret—it’s all here in (Hwy 70, Hwy 89) rock crevices with a rainbow of color. the playground of the Sierra. San Francisco to Sierra City_____ 202 miles Golds, reds and yellows of fall adorn (I-80, Hwy 49) From Truckee: Hwy 89 N to Hwy 49 S From the Bay Area: I-80 E to Auburn then Hwy 49 N through Grass Valley. If you