Views of Nevada City and Grass Valley

Grass Valley and Nevada City are only 4 miles apart. Grass Valley is the larger town.

Broad Steet (the main street), Nevada City:

A small side street in Nevada City:

Main St., Grass Valley:

Mill St., Grass Valley:

A shopping area off highway 49 between Grass Valley and Nevada City:

The main shaft of the old Empire Mine in Grass Valley (one of the richest mines of the California gold rush):

The California branch of the historic Oregon Trail goes right through our county:

The oldest covered bridge in California, crossing the Yuba River (about 18 miles out of Grass Valley):

Donner Lake, higher up in the Sierra Nevada mountains (about 45 miles from Grass Valley):
On the side of the mountain at the right of the photo is the original railroad grade of the first transcontinental railroad completed in 1869. Lake Tahoe is only about 20 miles from here. The Donner Party was stranded at the far end of the lake in the winter of 1846.