A snowy landscape features a rocky cliff face topped with trees under a partly cloudy blue sky. — **Plate I.** Snowy cliffs, Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park. From parks.ca.gov

An old rusty pipe apparatus sits on the ground in front of a white fence and a building. — **Plate II.** Hydraulic monitor exhibit, North Bloomfield Ghost Town. From parks.ca.gov

A landscape shows a forested valley with exposed red and white cliffs. — **Plate III.** Hydraulic mining pit, Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park. From parks.ca.gov

The interior of an old-fashioned general store with shelves and a counter. — **Plate IV.** General store exhibit, North Bloomfield Ghost Town. From parks.ca.gov

An interior view of a historic general store with wooden counters and shelves filled with goods. — **Plate V.** Historic store interior, North Bloomfield Ghost Town. From parks.ca.gov

A historic interior of an old apothecary shop with shelves filled with bottles. — **Plate VI.** Historic drug store exhibit, North Bloomfield Ghost Town. From parks.ca.gov

North Bloomfield Ghost Town (Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park)

Nevada City, Nevada County, California. State historic park, ghost town; Open daily sunrise to sunset year-round.

Details

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Where: 23579 N. Bloomfield Road, Nevada City, CA 23579. Directions
When: Memorial Day – Labor Day (Summer): Daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Labor Day - October 31: Daily 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; November – May: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Getting there: Travel 11-miles north on highway-49 toward Downieville. Turn right onto Tyler Foote Road, stay on the pavement and follow the yellow line to the park.
Fees: Vehicle Day Use: $10.00.
Access: Do not follow your GPS unless you wish to travel on a dirt road for several miles. North Bloomfield Road and Relief Hill Road are not recommended: road conditions vary due to weather; high clearance 4-wheel drive vehicles are highly suggested. Campground does not have showers.
Walk-in or reserve: Walk-in day use does not require a reservation; cabins and Chute Hill Campground open sites are by reservation through reservecalifornia.com.
Phone: (530) 265-2740
Managed by: California State Parks.
Established: 1965 (state park inheritance of hydraulic mining damage).

The 3,000-acre park encompasses the town of North Bloomfield and the historic Diggins site, where visitors can step back in time and experience the boom and bust of the California Gold Rush; it offers a Saturday tour of the historic mining town.

Sources

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