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Attractions near Rough and Ready

Nothing in Rough and Ready itself: Oroville Dam is 28 mi away

Rough and Ready’s list takes in 2 museums, 2 gardens and a dam. All of it lies outside: 9 places within 40 miles, none inside Rough and Ready. Drive 47 mi to reach Donner Lake.

Attractions nearby
52
within 60 miles
The big one
6 mi
Empire Mine State Historic Park
Ski areas
6
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
State park · 6 mi east

Empire Mine State Historic Park

State historic park in Grass Valley, California, USA.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The places, mapped

Furthest out is Eddy Arboretum, at 39 mi.

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Orange: Rough and Ready. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Place after place

These 52 are within 60 miles, none in town.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Rough and Ready →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Donner Lake: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oroville Dam: California Department of Water Resources, Public domain · Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley: Jonnyboyca at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Sutter Buttes: Expedition 32 crew/NASA, Public domain · ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · California State Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Swampyank at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empire Mine State Historic Park: Beej71, CC BY 2.5 · Donner Memorial State Park: Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA, CC BY 2.0 · Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park: M.Mierzwa. MCalamari at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Crocker Art Museum: Amadscientist Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · Desolation Wilderness: Phreakdigital at English Wikipedia, GFDL · Plumas National Forest: Plumas National Forest, Public domain · Emerald Bay State Park: Michael, CC BY 2.0 · Bidwell Park: Saopaulo1 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Sacramento State Historic Park: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Aerospace Museum of California: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The California Museum: Ldabrahams at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Western Pacific Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Evicknair at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Sacramento Zoo: L Wade Brown (Grubbycup), CC BY-SA 3.0 · California State Capitol Museum: [2], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Crest Theatre: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · William Land Park: Mymetlifebee$1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · California Automobile Museum: Cullen328, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sacramento History Museum: Janannwa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cesar E. Chavez Plaza: Lowe, Jet Related names: O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter California State Railr, Public domain · McKinley Park: Ingawh, CC BY-SA 4.0 · University of California, Davis, Arboretum and Public Garden: Shamanic Shift Center from Living and out reaching more in rainbow spacetime & c, CC BY 2.0 · Bohart Museum of Entomology: Jakobjess, CC BY-SA 4.0 · California State Indian Museum: Epp, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wells Fargo Pavilion: Amadscientist, Public domain · Chico Air Museum: Bsudicky, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nevada Theatre: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Woodland Opera House: Flickr user basykes, CC BY 2.0 · Bernhard Museum Complex: YankeeSpirit, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jensen Botanical Gardens: Kowloonese at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Northern California Art: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rusch Botanical Gardens: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 · University Arboretum at California State University, Sacramento: DevinCook at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Eddy Arboretum: United States Forest Service, Public domain · Sacramento Valley Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain

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