The Miners Foundry is located in downtown Nevada City. Nevada City is the Gold Country Foothills, approximately:
150 miles from San Francisco
120 miles from Napa
60 miles from Sacramento
28 miles from Auburn
The Miners Foundry
325 Spring Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
If you wish to stay the night or the weekend, there are some chain hotels in the area, local inns, and several Air BnB or VRBO vacation rentals available. The vacation rentals are some of the best options.
Best Western Gold Country Inn
972 Sutton Way
2 Miles from Venue
Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 273-1393
Gold Miners Inn
121 Bank Street
4 Miles from Venue
Grass Valley, CA, 95945
(503) 555-0123
Vacation Rentals from VRBO
Various Locations near the Venue
GETTING THERE
Driving
Driving or getting a ride is your best option to get to Nevada City. If you would like to see if someone is available to provide a ride to Nevada City from SFO or SMF, please let us know. On a Friday night the drive from the Bay Area is very very long (4.5+ hours) if you leave between 1pm and 6:30pm. Traffic dies down after 7pm and starts to return to the more usual 2h40m. Get on I-80, head towards Reno until you reach Auburn and then take Highway 49 towards Grass Valley and continue until you reach Nevada City.
Flying
Sacramento Airport (SMF) is the closest airport and is about an hour away from Nevada City. Public transit options are extremely limited, so renting a car or catching a ride is probably your best option.
THINGS TO DO
Take a Hike
Deer Creek Tribute Trail
This popular trail begins as an urban stroll through downtown Nevada City. In almost no time, you can be out of town on the Tribute Trail and walking in a quiet rural neighborhood near Deer Creek. For first-timers, finding the trail is a bit of a challenge and numerous sections make for some planning before heading out. A suspension bridge spans a beautiful section of Deer Creek, connecting to the Environs Trail on the other side
DEER CREEK ENVIRONS TRAIL
This two-mile forested Environs Trail loop (part of the larger Deer Creek Tribute Trail system) follows the old Rough and Ready ditch and remnants of the Providence Mine. Interpretive signs along the trail tell of the history, language and culture of the native Nisenan Tribe of the Nevada City Rancheria.
SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN
Nearby, the iconic landmark, Sugarloaf Mountain is a nice hike with 360 views of Nevada City’s fall foliage and distant mountains. Most of the 30 acres is steep and heavily wooded but the top is flat — a great place for sitting on a bench and looking back down on the town and out to distant mountains. A trail to the top follows the grade of an old road.
Cascade Canal Trail
This popular trail offers an almost level walk along a peaceful canal through a forest with many Douglas firs and dogwoods. At 3200′ elevation, it is a bit higher and cooler than many local trails. There are several places along the route where views open up briefly to more distant scenery.
Independence Trail
Located just over six miles from downtown Nevada City, the forested Independence Trail founded by Naturalist John Olmsted was the first wheelchair accessible wilderness trail in the country. Because of the easy, level grade, this is a good walking trail for families and folks with limited mobility
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is the site of California’s largest hydraulic mine. Visitors can see huge cliffs carved by mighty streams of water, results of the gold mining technique of washing away entire mountains to find the precious metal. Legal battles between mine owners and downstream farmers ended this method. The park also contains a 7,847-foot bedrock tunnel that served as a drain.
Go Clubbin’
For a town its size, Nevada City has a few venues that have live music and are open late.
Crazy horse saloon
The Stone House
McGee’s Annex
See Quirky Stuff
Into the quirky and unusual? Check out these nearby monuments to the odd but interesting.