Califonia State Parks offers opportunities for picnicking, boating, fishing, water-skiing, camping, and hiking. In winter, groomed trails are available for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Visitor Center features exhibits that tell the story of the Emigrant Experience, the Donner Party, the Land of the Washoe, Chinese construction of the railroad, and early motoring adventures over Donner Pass. Public boat ramp is available, call (530) 582-7892 for boat launch fee information.
Entrance Station:  (530) 582-7894, 8am - 8pm
No winter camping but the park is open year-round.  

Web pages

• Home - https://www.parks.ca.gov/

Truckee Donner Recreation & Park District (TDRPD) provides recreation and park programs and facilities for everyone in the community. 

• COMMUNITY SWIMMING POOL
• West End Beach
• Ponderosa Golf Course 
• MUSIC IN THE DOWNTOWN PARK

Web pages from above with visible url links

• ​Community Swimming Pool - https://www.tdrpd.org/157/Community-Swimming-Pool
• West End Beach - https://tdrpd.org/165/West-End-Beach
• Ponderosa Golf Course - https://www.ponderosagolfcoursetruckee.com/
• Music in the Downtown Park - https://www.tdrpd.org/312/Music-in-the-Downtown-Park

Tahoe National Forest offers hiking trails (including a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail), OHV, equestrian and mountain biking trails provide access to many lakes, rivers, and mountain tops. Developed recreation sites including campgrounds, boat ramps, picnic areas, nature trails, and fire lookouts that can be rented for overnight occupancy.

Web pages

• TNF home including ranger district office locations - https://www.fs.usda.gov/tahoe/

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park offers exhibits on life in the old mining town of North Bloomfield and facts about California's largest hydraulic mine. Features bike trails, campsites, hiking trails, horseback riding trails, boating, picnic areas, and swimming.

Empire Mine State Historic Park is the site of one of the oldest, deepest, and most productive gold mines in California. The park is in Grass Valley at 10791 East Empire Street. In operation for more than 100 years, the mine extracted 5.8 million ounces of gold before it closed in 1956. The park contains many of the mine’s buildings, the owner’s home and restored gardens, as well as the entrance to 367 miles of abandoned and flooded mine shafts. The park has 856 acres of forested backcountry and fourteen miles of trails - including easy hikes for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.

The "Secret Room"
To keep track of the mine's 367 underground workings, a place called "The Secret Room" (named for its blacked-out windows) was built. In it, the entire room was filled with a scale model of the mine's below the surface workings. Few people knew the room existed while the mine was in operation. Today, visitors to the park can see it in the Vi… [read more]

The City of Grass Valley operates 7 public parks and offers a variety of activities that include: recreational swimming, indoor and outdoor volleyball, tennis lessons, skate camp, open gym basketball, over-the-line softball, pitch-hit-run, punt-pass-kick, and a drop-in summer recreation program.

GVPR has over 120 acres of park space that includes trails, picnic areas, ball fields, bocce courts, tennis courts, a swimming pool, a skate park, and a disc golf course. The City also has three public assembly halls that are available for rent and collaborates with the Nevada County Historical Society to manage the Pelton Wheel Mining Museum at the former Northstar Powerhouse.

The phone number, 530-274-4350, is one of the main City of Grass Valley phone numbers. Calls about Parks & Recreation will be answered at that number or transferred to an appropriate person. 

Bear Yuba Land Trust has several programs.
 

• Preserves - https://www.bylt.org/
• Conservation Easements - https://www.bylt.org/
• Trails - https://www.bylt.org/build-trails/
• Youth Programs - https://www.bylt.org/youth-programs/
• Volunteer Opportunities - https://www.bylt.org/support/volunteer/

Offers hiking trails ranging in difficulty from wheelchair accessible to challenging. Features docent-led history, nature, and gold-panning tours at select times throughout the year.

Provides access to the Independence Trail - an aqueduct adapted to carry wheelchairs and hikers across the Independence Trail gorges. Features waterfalls, scenic vistas, and a gentle switch-back descent to a mountain stream. Restrooms with full wheelchair access are available at several points along the trail. 

The City of Auburn does not have its own recreation department. See a list of area recreation options on the City of Auburn's Recreation web page.

Web pages

• Auburn area recreation options - https://www.auburn.ca.gov/252/Recreation
  
• Auburn Recreation & Park District (a separate organization from the City of Auburn) - https://auburnrec.com/

The Town of Loomis Parks and Recreation celebrates and supports special events that will create enjoyment for our visitors and enhance the quality of life for our residents and provide economic prosperity for our business owners.
The Town of Loomis has two parks:

• Blue Anchor Park next to the Loomis Train Station off of Horseshoe Bar Road and Taylor Road in Loomis.
• Sunrise Loomis Park on Arcadia Avenue in Loomis.

 information on events, please visit our Event Calendar.

Web pages from above with visible url links

• Home - https://loomis.ca.gov/departments/parks-recreation/
• Event Calendar - https://loomis.ca.gov/events/