Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

Cary Babka

Wonderful place; historic sights, beautiful vistas, varied hikes... There are great campgrounds that aren't crowded (especially during the week!), butterflies, flowers, lizards and bears! It's awesome:) Bring a mosquito head net, there are a million no-see-ums! Then you'll be fine

Jennifer Quantock

I came up for a 3 day weekend starting Friday. The drive was good, beautiful scenery, and the campsite was super clean. Within an hour of being there, a mama bear and her two cubs wandering into the camp. I gave them all the space and left for a while. Two hours later she returned. This mama bear is not afraid of people and looking for food. I would not suggest visiting this camp site for a while to give the bears some space. I actually left but plan to come back in the future. It has a lot of trails and it's nice a quiet.

John

This is a cool out of the way place. Plenty of ghost town type buildings and old timey artifacts. People camp here and hike here. There are bears. Go talk to the ranger and she'll fill you in. Definitely pack your food and leave nothing on the car. Lipgloss is food to bears. Anyway cool area and a ton of hiking. It's fun.

Maxx Hudec

From absolutely beautiful dirt walking trails traversing the old hydralic mine remnants of a yesteryear;6 to the good times of "Humbug Days" and the annual town celebration this little mountain gem still holds some recreational "gold" in its park preserved splendor. Check out the old drain tunnel for a really cool adventure and be on the look out for Humbug Days with the firing of a real cannon, crafting, BBQ and local vendors. It's a hoot! The historic museum is small but well worth a visit, the gold records are hard to fathom... Still a lot left in them hills!