BYLT Celebration of Trails: Empire Mine State Historic Park

10791 East Empire Street,Grass Valley CA 95945

04 June, 2022

Description

Sierra Gold Parks Foundation joins BYLT to host a hike on the Osborne Hill Loop at Empire Mine State Historic Park. Join Sierra Gold Parks Foundation for a hike at Empire Mine State Historic Park. The Osborne Hill Trail area makes up the southern arm of Empire Mine State Historic Park. The excellent trail system here has many loops, making for boundless riding or hiking options through deep woods and some open areas. There are remnants of several mines and tailings can be found along the trail. The Empire Mine State Park area as you see it today contained a complex of mines that were developed to get at gold-bearing rock veins below the surface. There were at least five mines in the Osborne Hill area, with varying levels of mining activity from the 1850’s into the 1930’s. Most easily visible here are impressive remains of the Prescott Hill Mine which, combined with several neighboring mine properties in 1903, had a shaft down to 1,750′ and was active into the early 1930’s. Please meet at the Visitors Center. Sierra Gold Parks Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports park-related educational activities and helps to preserve the natural and cultural resources of western Nevada County’s State Parks.