Things To Do in Downieville, California

Downieville Museum ( Sierra County) in Downieville, CA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

The Downieville Foundry and Museum has historical artifacts including a collection of horse snowshoes. More on PlanetWare

The Downieville Museum is housed in a building built 1852, the museum features mining exhibits. It was ... More on PlanetWare

: 17 MILES OF DOWNHILL AND 5000 VERT. DROP!!! Its been profiled in three or four mountain biking magazines. Singletrack for 85% of ride. steep technical on top with creek crossings, faster high spe... More on SingleTracks

Drive to the very end of the road, where it dead ends into a really nice parking lot, with tables, restrooms, and an outdoor faucet to rinse your dusty self. More on trails.mtbr.com

A fun loop that isn't too long. You can finish it in a couple of hours. Lot's of nice singletrack through pine forest and along some scenic waterways. The trail itself is well maintained, ... More on trails.mtbr.com

Very fun ride if you take the shuttle up. More on SingleTracks

Ride back up the road you drove down and take a signed right onto the Plum Valley Ditch Trail. This is a singletrack with numerous technical sections and a couple of dropoffs that are quite dangero... More on trails.mtbr.com

It's a nice ride overall, and if you're in Downieville it may be worthwhile to head over to Forest to do it. More on trails.mtbr.com

As you can tell by the elevation gain, this trail rollercoasters up and down a lot! The upper end of the trail is only 400 feet higher than the lower end, but you really have to work to gain those ... More on Trails

My heart rate was all over the place. More on trails.mtbr.com

Death incarnate. Just be in pretty damn good riding shape before tackling this ride. It also helps to have some technical skill as the trail nearly all the way to the top is on loose, rocky trails or dusty OHV trails. However, the ... More on trails.mtbr.com