A Highway 49 Drive: A Self-Guided Audio Tour from Angels Camp to Jamestown

While traveling from Angels Camp to Jamestown on this self-guided driving tour, you’ll hear the stories of some of the era’s most headstrong women, including innkeeper Jennie Megquier, who caught gold rush fever three times without any success.

The tour takes you through Murphys.

See the unusual stalactite and stalagmite formations in the Mercer Caverns and Moaning Caverns.

At the Calaveras Big Trees State Park, you’ll find the largest trees in the world, the Sierra Redwood which is also known as the Giant Sequoia.

railhead, a 1 1/2 mile round trip hike that leads to a spectacular limestone cavern which has been carved out by Coyote Creek.

While you drive, you can see the Stanislaus River.

Well-preserved western streets await at Columbia State Historic Park where you can experience the sights and sounds of a working gold rush town and try your hand at gold panning or take a ride on the stagecoach.

The tour takes you through Sonora.

State Park in Jamestown where you can explore the railroad museum, roundhouse, and machine shop.

This self-guided driving tour ends in Jamestown.