Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Shopping
Pioneer Mining Supply
OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT
(
www.pioneermining.com
; 878 High St; 9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat)
Your one-stop prospecting shop. Don't mind the gruff salesfolk. They actually are happy to
get you started, set up guided tours (from $100 per person), or if you're a pro, showcase
the latest in sluicing technology.
Information
Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce
( 530-885-5616;
www.auburnchamber.net
;
601 Lincoln Way; 10am-4pm Tue-Fri)
In the Southern Pacific railroad depot at the north end of Lincoln Way, it has lots of useful
local info and a monument to the Transcontinental Railroad nearby.
California Welcome Center
TOURIST INFORMATION
(Placer County Visitors Center;
530-887-2111;
www.visitplacer.com
;
1103 High St;
9am-4:30pm
Mon-Sat, 11am-4pm Sun)
Great information on Gold Country and eastward.
Getting There & Away
ital Corridor route (
http://capitolcorridor.org
)
linking Auburn with Sacramento ($16, one
hour), the rest require connecting to Bay Area and Central Valley trains. There is also one
bus-train daily east to Reno ($61, six hours).
free)
links Auburn, including its Amtrak station, with Grass Valley and Nevada City five
times a day on weekdays, no service weekends. It takes 30 to 50 minutes and kids and
bikes ride free.
Amtrak's
California Zephyr
stops in Auburn on its daily run between the Bay Area and
Chicago via Reno and Denver (to San Francisco takes three hours and costs $35).