Family Things To Do in Downieville, California

: 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

This said, now I can tell you that this trail is one of the sweetest single tacks around! It is a top 10 ride in my book! FUN, FUN, FUN! Park at Packer saddle and right across the road is the new k... More on trails.mtbr.com

Take the left at the summit...it is a short out and back to a killer view point...for some good scenic photo opportunities and a chance to relax and eat some lunch. More on trails.mtbr.com

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

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

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

The trail parallels the river and is a never ending roller coaster with only a few spots of level ground at any one time. More on trails.mtbr.com

Killer 17 mile downhill. All single track. The faster you go the more technical it gets. Beautiful area to ride. More on trails.mtbr.com

Very fun and kinda vertical. Some cliffs on the side with a river down below. Watch out on Divide 3, outer edge is very soft, easily to go dow. Itermediate can easily do it. (I did with only 2 othe... More on trails.mtbr.com

The Pauley Creek singletrack is steep, rocky, technical, wet, lined with wildflowers, and passes beside a roaring stream. Its a long and delightful 2 miles! Intermediate riders should be able to ride most of it, advanced riders all ... More on Trails