Things To Do

Communal Cafe

This is our favorite coffee spot! They have delicious coffee, food, juice, beer & wine, and viiiiiiibes. Open daily: 7:00am-6:00pm.

The Pizza Joint

This is a great spot for a quick slice. It's delicious and fast!

Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Co.

Sopa Thai Cuisine

Delicious spot for Thai food and a great backyard space for dining.

Nevada City Winery

We love fermented grape juice paired with a good fromage. Or favorite wine is a red with a sort of an oaky afterbirth.

Treats

Super yummy ice cream! You have to try their unique flavors, and it's a great spot to relax and hangout for a while.

Golden Era Cocktail Bar and Lounge

A historic Saloon Bar and lounge located in the heart of downtown Nevada City serving up beautiful cocktails, local wines, craft beer and live music...So Drink up, old sport!

Friar Tuck's Restaurant & Bar

This one is for the Seawolves! Throwback to the bar hoping Friar Tuck days. This is a great laid back spot to grab a beer or some food - it's rustic, old-timey setting with live music.

The National Exchange Hotel

It's haunted, need we say more. You can also get a killer cocktail at the bar - and heard theres buy one get one free shrimp cocktails in the basement as well.... Just kidding! But the cocktails are supposed to be good and it is supposedly haunted.

Crystal Rainbow Rock Shop

If you love looking at cool stones and rocks - this place is rad. The floor is filled with rocks! It's small but mighty in it's offerings.

Remedy Garden

An herbal apothecary in downtown Nevada City, Northern California, offering a wide range of high quality, organic and sustainably wildcrafted herbs and remedies for health and wellness. We get a really tasty mushroom cocoa there that we love!

Solstice

A super fun, funky thrift store that has all kinds of cool costumes and vintage pieces. It's fun to explore all the oddities this store has.

Crystal Hermitage Gardens

Beautiful gardens, meditation locale, and scenic views. Known for it's amazing tulips in spring and peaceful scenery!

Independence Trail

Another great hike, great overlook to hills and mountains.

Deer Creek Tribute Trail

Great trial and hiking. We love returning to nature ~3 miles relatively easy path

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

Great spot in the woods for hiking a wonderous trail. Beautiful state park preserving a mine from 1882

Nevada Theatre

Love going to the THEATER! Historic Venue, The Nevada Theatre is the oldest, continuously operated theatre venue on the west coast of the United States.

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum

Big Railroad Fans here. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, for example. love a good museum as well and this is a great historic museum. “One of the Finest Museums in the Sierra Nevada”