Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

There is a great history lesson in this park about the mining industry in California and what it has done to our environment.  You will see up close and personal the destruction of mountains by water jets in an effort to find gold.

But as a campground my experience was it was hot and dusty.  I am thinking I need to retry this but not in the summer. There are sparse trees - pines - and the usual state park sites.

This park give excellent access to the Yuba River if you are looking to hike a section that does not have a ton of swimmers. There are amazing canyon like swimming holes as well as great spots to camp right on the river. This is a pack in and out trail. The