Portola and Sierra Valley area
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Portola, California, Plumas County's only incorporated city, is intersected by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Middle Fork of the Feather River.
Nearby Lake Davis is well known for excellent trophy trout fishing. The city also is home to the world renowned Portola Railroad Museum, where visitors can climb about an extensive collection of train cars and locomotives and even drive a diesel locomotive themselves.
Best Bets in the Portola and Sierra Valley area
Spend a day museum-hopping at the Portola Railroad Museum where you can drive your own locomotive, then visit the Williams House and Beckwourth Museum.
Hunt for antiques - make the loop through Portola and Sierra Valley.
Get close to nature by birding, fishing or wildlife watching at Lake Davis, the Sierra Valley and Frenchman Lake.
Take you and your dog for a stroll along Portola's new Riverwalk.
Tour the Frank Lloyd Wright Nakoma Clubhouse; treat yourself to lunch, golf or a spa treatment.
Local Information
A log home on Highway 70 on the east end of Portola houses a visitors center and the new Williams House Museum, which depicts the town's past.
Portola's new Riverwalk is under construction this year. It will feature a paved path that meanders a short distance along the north bank of the Middle Fork Feather River, with additional access from the Williams House. This pleasant stroll with views of Beckwourth Peak begins at the U.S. Forest Service picnic area off Highway 70 just east of town, off Rocky Point Road.
East of Portola is the Jim Beckwourth Museum, a log cabin trading post once owned by the famous pioneer James Beckwourth.
Annual events like Railroad Days and Winter Holiday attract many visitors to Portola.
A variety of restaurants and 40 lodging options and other amenities can be found both along Highway 70 and across the Feather River in old downtown. The city's downtown park, which hosts a number of outdoor concerts and events, has a brand new skateboard park.
Farther east along Highway 70, the vast expanses of the Sierra Valley occupy a major portion of Eastern Plumas County and play a major role in the county's cattle-producing industry.
Here are situated the towns of Beckwourth, Vinton and Chilcoot, the latter being the gateway to Frenchman Lake, a great trout fishery and popular camping area.
An annual Cowboy Poetry show is held in Vinton.
The headwaters of the Feather River are located in the Sierra Valley and this wetland habitat has made it a prime location for bird-watching.
Bird-watchers can commonly observe diverse types of waterfowl and raptors along the county roads south of Highway 70.
Rock hounds also have much to explore in this area. Fossils, quartz and many astounding sculptures of natural volcanic rock, found in places like Frenchman Canyon, are evidence of the valley's unique geological formation.
For more information, call the Eastern Plumas Chamber of Commerce, (800) 995-6057.
Click here for a map of Portola and Delleker or an overall view of where Portola and it's neighboring towns are located in Plumas County.
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