Gold Bug Park & Mine

Interesting place. The cave is not too long; in fact, it's pretty short, although they hand you a phone to listen to facts about the cave.

Gem panning. Mine tour. Stamp Mill tour. Blacksmith class. Beautiful scenery. Nature. A spot to eat. This is a great place for a date, something to do, somewhere to learn history and just to zen out.

Sean from the Stamp Mill
Steve from the blacksmith
Jill from the mine
Shop keeper too! (Sorry I don't remember your name)

You all made our first time to the mine a memorable experience. We will be back to explore and learn more!

Really nice place
It's open for self guided tours - you get a helmet and prerecorded audio on a phone, and off you go to the mine!
It's until the very end of the tunnel - which is rare for all the gold mines I've had a chance to tour so far
A few of the lights didn't work - so you may need to use the flashlight in your phone to look at the spots you are supposed to be looking at (otherwise it's very well lit)

They also have a full size stamper mill 5 minutes walk away - in the price of the mine ticket - it's a bit uphill, but it's good enough for a short walk (there is trail which leads directly to the parking in front of the stamper mill)

Behind the mill there's blacksmith workshop - it's really nice. The blacksmith can teach you real skills if you're interested!

Amazing experience. My favorite part was going into the mine tunnel. It was chilled, dark, and dripping with water. IT WAS GREAT.
Tour guides (Stamp Mill/Black Smith Shop) were excellent too! I definitely recommend visiting this location. The fee is $12 per adult, $10 for veterans.

The tour of the mine itself was okay. We had followed a family in to the mine and it was hard to listen to our audio guide with another audio guide playing nearby. It would have been nice to have a transcript of the audio to read instead. Maybe there was an option we missed.

What we really enjoyed was the second part visiting the stamping mill and blacksmith area. Mike at the stamping mill was very helpful and informative sharing lots of interesting facts and demonstrating how the stamping mill worked.

The park and trails looked well-kept but we did not have time to stay and enjoy those areas. It's conveniently located near downtown Placerville making it an easy stop.

Not a huge park, but bring a lunch and you can spend about 2 - 3 hours here. The actual mine your walk down was an awesome experience (bring a sweatshirt, even on the hottest day), I would say for all ages 5+ highly recommend. Light hiking in the area and a small gift shop and museum. Blacksmith open on select days.

We had a great time with my grandson. The mine is cool and a little wet in spots. The self guided tour was neat to listen to. Kinda small but what do you expect? We bought souvenirs, had a picnic and hiked. What a day.

Currently only open on weekends! We followed the open times online but alas the physical sign at the mine says otherwise so plan ahead!
The trails are really fun and go into the forested area, there is also a blacksmith on site who is working.
Keep your eyes out for turkeys, they like to waddle around this area too.

Fun for everyone! The mine, stamp mill and gift shop are all really neat to check out. My fiancé and I did everything, including the easier trails at the park. We had a great time and learned a lot about local history.

We enjoyed the mine tour thoroughly! Friendly people, awesome historical facts and demonstrations made this stop fantastic! Fun walking trails too!

Took my son w/ disabilities here because I think it's the only mine shaft I have ever seen that's wheelchair accessible. The whole family had a blast. With the new COVID restrictions only one group is allowed in the mine at a time so that gave me free reign to take some really cool photos on BW Film posted below. Staff is friendly and very accommodating. Again if you have someone wheelchair bound that would like to do some simple spelunking this is the place to be because it's pretty ADA setup compared to any other places we have been. Very happy fun little place. It's good for 1 or two hours with kids and that's about it :)
Check out the blacksmiths up the hill, that's also a really cool little setup they have up there.
Highly recommended if you;re looking for a low key easy 1 or 2 hour trip with or without the family... :)

It was a nice drive up. Very interesting place, they have a self walk tour in the mine. You hook up to their app and internet to listen to it. They also have a blacksmith and mill there, they gave a tour and explained how it was all done. The gift shop was very affordable. Very friendly and a great learning experience

Loved gem panning was a beautiful day

Awesome experience for kids. They can do some gem panning, visit the mine, hear stories of the blacksmith.

This place is great! The staff are very friendly and helpful. The mine was really neat to explore. My 6 year old who is obsessed with Minecraft thought it was "awesome".

Quiet place for hikes. My kids enjoyed the self-guided mine tour, stamping mill, blacksmith and panning for rocks and gold. Nice small gift shop, nice people. Bring lunch, there is a nice covered area with picnic tables.

Loved it. Going through the caves and learning great history was pretty sweet. Don't forget to visit and see the blacksmith- absolutely impressive.

A rare and unique experience allowing visitors to take a personal audio-guided tour of a real gold mine. Very cool. Recommended!

Fun family time. Self-guided tour of the mine, blacksmith shop (gave my nephew the salt spoon we watched him make), and stamper mill. Very interesting!

The audio tour of the mine is solid... Lots of details and plenty to see. We even found a little lizard hanging out. The mine is cool even on a hot day and the path is easy to walk. The highlight of the trip was Pat in the stamper mill and blacksmith shop. Great guy with lots of knowledge. I could have stayed and chatted with him all day.