#coloma

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Rare wild Five-Spots by Ruby 2417 Via Flickr: These flowers can be found scattered around the Sierra Nevada Mountains in spring and summer, but they're never common. Coloma, Ca. March, 2025.

Where the gold rush began: banks of the American River in Coloma, CA. 3 October 2023.

I am pretending it is a full town despite the fact I made it too big and ran out of building enthusiasm.

This is what mid winter in Gold Country looks like. Trees are starting to get their leaves back, berries are red, and the views are still gorgeous. These photos were taken on my last hike of 2020 on the Monro Ridge Trail in Coloma. It’s a lovely trail that takes you up to the top of a ridge and gives you a view of the South Fork of the American River, roughly the exact spot that gold was first found in California. There’s so much history on these trails that it feels special to get to hike them and see the same views that so many miners once saw too.

go take a hike

Pink roses