Recreation and entertainment are the # 1 attractions. Home of the most direct route to Yosemite Valley.

Locally enjoy gold mining, wine tasting, steam railroad excursions, stagecoach rides, fireman's musters, antique fairs, live music, and top-notch theater year round.

Abundant with great rivers and lakes there is fishing, boating, white-water rafting, and water-skiing as well as superb snow skiing and high-country horse packing. Peaceful picnic havens abound.

Experience the best of nature's four seasons with out worry – snow but not snowed in; spring wildflowers everywhere; summer sun but cooler nights; and fall colors that rival the best.