Graeagle and Lakes Basin Area
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The Plumas County communities of Graeagle, Blairsden, Clio, Gold Mountain, Plumas Pines, Mohawk, Cromberg, Sloat, and Johnsville, have become popular residential centers for both vacation and retirement residents.
Nakoma at Gold Mountain, Feather River Inn (closed for 2008), Feather River Park Resort, Graeagle Meadows, Grizzly Ranch, Plumas Pines Golf Resort, and the Golf Club at Whitehawk Ranch are among the seven pristine golf courses, including four championship courses, that have made the area a renowned golf vacation destination.
Best Bets in the Graeagle/Lakes Basin area
Hike one of several scenic trails in the pristine Lakes Basin Recreation Area.
Cool off and take a paddleboat ride on the Graeagle Mill Pond.
Immerse yourself in the Gold Rush at Plumas-Eureka State Park.
Browse the red-building shops in the village of Graeagle. (Map)
Golf as many holes as you can - choose from seven courses.
Take your snowmobile on a ride from Gold Lake to Bassett's Station.
Hike to Frazier Falls
Local information
The Graeagle area also offers fine dining, lodging, hiking, camping, horseback riding, fishing and winter recreation. It serves as the southern gateway to the county and is only an hour from nearby Truckee and Reno.
The village of Graeagle, a former lumber mill, features a quaint array of identical red buildings that house gift shops and services. The Graeagle Mill Pond is a popular swimming and picnicking site during the summer and is the staging area for the town's annual Fourth of July fireworks display. Arts and crafts fairs held during the summer bring lots of visitors to the town.
Neighboring Blairsden (Map) offers a small retail center and includes the nearby Plumas Eureka Estates (Map) residential area. It's also home to the historic Feather River Inn, a European style chalet built in 1915, which today is undergoing reconstruction to become a full-service resort, conference and retreat facility.
The historic town of Johnsville is located five miles west in the heart of Plumas-Eureka State Park. Johnsville was an early mining town which today contains a few picturesque, unrestored gold rush era structures alongside modern homes. It also features an interesting cemetery and an excellent dinner house, its only commercial establishment.
Eureka Bowl above Johnsville attracts history buffs as well as Nordic and downhill skiers. The site is the oldest recorded ski racing area in the western hemisphere and hosts the annual Historic Longboard Ski Revival Series races organized by the Plumas Ski Club.
South of Mohawk Valley, the Lakes Basin Recreation Area contains dozens of great fishing lakes, most of them accessible by hiking and horse trails. Gold Lake, the largest, has a boat landing and nearby stables. A number of quaint lakeside lodges in the area offer rustic accommodations and dining.
Rich in volcanic rock formations and remnants of the gold rush, the Lakes Basin area offers pristine camping, hiking and mountain biking. The most prominent feature on the landscape is the Sierra Buttes, a series of jagged peaks reminiscent of the Swiss Alps, with a hiking trail to the top.
The Gold Lake Highway through the Lakes Basin area is not plowed during the winter, making it a popular playground for snowmobilers and cross-country skiers.
Resorts, vacation rentals, motels, bed and breakfast inns and campgrounds are among the choices for vacationers throughout the Graeagle area. The small community of Clio (Map) (to the south) offers nearby camping and lodging, and is near the residential and resort developments of Whitehawk Ranch (Map) , Valley Ranch Estates and Mohawk Meadows.
East of Clio, on County Road A-15, is the resort/residential community of Gold Mountain. (Map) The newly-built Nakoma Resort at Gold Mountain is an original Frank Lloyd Wright design, and public tours of this unique architectural attraction are offered.
The small communities of Cromberg and Sloat, (Map) to the west, also offer lodging and camping near the Middle Fork of the Feather River.
For more information on the Graeagle area, contact the Eastern Plumas Chamber of Commerce, (800) 995-6057.
Plumas County Map
If you are interested in real estate in the area, please visit our local real estate offices.
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