Things to See and Do.

The El Dorado Motel offers the visitor options not available elsewhere. For starters, your room has a microwave & refrigerator, with some having full kitchens with stoves, so you can, should you desire, prepare your own food options for the road: be it a gourmet picnic basket or a brown bag lunch. The choice is yours.

Twain Harte: The Twain Harte Golf Course is literally across the street. Twain Harte Market with great gourmet grub. Woody’s Cabin Outfitters (near the arch) has unique items for your home/cabin. Hungry? Twain Harte has one of the best Italian restarunts in Northern California & the China House (across from Woody’s) serves up an excellent chinese buffet, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX more about T

Yosemite is an easy day trip & our office staff will be happy to provide you with “insider tips” that you won’t find in any guide books. We’ve also included some on-line tips: Yosemite Valley waterfalls & the secret Yosemite: Hetch Hetchy.

If you’re interested in Gold Country history, the historic Gold Rush communities of Sonora, Columbia & Jamestown are all within a half hour’s drive:

Sonora has it if you need it...including a 24 hour supermarket & a 10 screen theatre. Sonora also has a great historic downtown perfect for walking with lots of unique shops, restaurants, courthouse & museum with adjacent old time jail.

Black Oak Casino is 5 Minutes from our motel, with plenty of entertainment, gambling, world class food, bowling, live entertainment and so much more....

Columbia is so unique the entire downtown is a state historic park (admission free). The kids can pan for gold or ride a stagecoach. See homemade taffy being made, the blacksmith at work or enjoy strolling musicians. Columbia is cool!

Jamestown is also home to a state park: Railtown 1890. Ride an authentic steam locomotive (excursions year round on the weekends & everyday during the summer). Jamestown also has antique shops, specialty stores & restaurants.

Dodge Ridge offers downhill skiing, snow boarding & cross country & it’s close. You can be shredding it up within the hour. Summertime is fun time with swimming, fishing & fun at a myriad of local lakes & rivers too numerous to mention here.

Summertime also means open access to the “back country” including a trip over Sonora Pass to check out the authentic ghost town of Bodie & the most unique Mono Lake.

The aforementioned are some of our favorite things to see & do locally. Tuolumne County is also home to world class rock climbing & white water rafting. Neighboring Calaveras County is home to several excellent wineries, a half dozen more historic Gold Rush towns & Big Trees State Park...the home of the giant redwoods.

Now...where do you want to go? Travel tip: why not print out this Yosemite/Gold Country map to assist in your travels?

Here at the El Dorado Motel, we are your vacation headquarters for Yosemite & surrounding Gold Country. We are a popular vacation destination. May we suggest you reserve your accommodations at the El Dorado now?