| Ever considered looking for gold on your next RV | | | | Museum. Try your hand at panning there for gold, |
| camping vacation? All across America, there are | | | | turquoise, and topaz. There are plenty of RV camp |
| places for greenhorns to pan for gold nuggets. | | | | sites right in the midst of Cripple Creek action. |
| Panning for gold is relatively inexpensive, and who | | | | West Coast Gold Panning RV Vacation Ideas |
| knows, you might just come home with the | | | | California is the ultimate Gold Rush State, and plenty |
| motherlode! If doing a little prospecting on your next | | | | of gold panning action can be found there by RV |
| vacation sounds good, use the ideas below to start | | | | campers. Right in the heart of Gold Country, your |
| planning your next RV camping vacation. | | | | family is going to love Jimtown1849 Mining Camp. |
| Southeast US Gold Panning RV Vacation Ideas | | | | Located in the historic city of Jamestown, the Mining |
| For a southeastern gold panning RV vacation, head | | | | Camp will take you back to the days of the Gold |
| for Crisson Gold Mine in Dahlonega, GA. Tour the | | | | Rush. Your family can prospect Wood's Creek for |
| mine, and then pan five gallon buckets of ore for | | | | gold with experienced guides and take home what |
| nuggets and gemstones. | | | | you find. |
| Just down the road from the Crisson Mine, you'll find | | | | Head north from Jamestown to Washington, CA, and |
| Consolidated Gold Mines, where your family can go | | | | pan gold from one of the scenic campsites in Tahoe |
| underground for the mine tour before panning for | | | | National Forest along the Yuba River. This gold-rich |
| gold in a sluice. Dahlonega is also home to some | | | | area is open to casual prospecting, and tourists have |
| beautiful north Georgia RV campgrounds. | | | | been known to "see color" in their pans. |
| Central US Gold Panning RV Vacation Ideas | | | | You should also definitely go to the source of the |
| The Phoenix Gold Mine in Idaho Springs, Colorado is a | | | | California Gold Rush and pan gold on the American |
| great place for gold panning enthusiasts! Your | | | | River at the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic |
| admission includes a guided tour of the historic | | | | Park in Coloma. See a replica of Sutter's Mill and |
| Phoenix Gold Mine, plus the chance to spend all day | | | | twenty other historic buildings where James Marshall |
| panning for gold. | | | | found gold in 1848. Park visitors have been known to |
| Another super family experience is right down the | | | | find gold while panning, so don't miss this historic |
| road at the Argo Gold Mine and Mill, also in Idaho | | | | opportunity! |
| Springs. Tour the famous Argo Tunnel and Double | | | | Within this gold-rich area between Downieville and |
| Eagle Gold Mine, established in 1893, and stay to pan | | | | Mariposa, there are streams and rivers on State and |
| for gold and native Colorado gemstones. Great RV | | | | National Park land where panning is allowed. Check |
| campgrounds can be found just outside Idaho | | | | with Tahoe, Eldorado, and Sierra National Forest |
| Springs. | | | | personnel as you plan your RV gold panning vacation. |
| While you're in Colorado, continue your tour in Cripple | | | | This is just a quick tour of places your gold-seeking |
| Creek in Pikes Peak country, home to the world | | | | friends and family might want to visit. Doesn't this |
| famous Mollie Kathleen Mine. Take the thrilling mine | | | | sound like a great way to spend time on an RV |
| elevator one thousand feet into the earth to tour | | | | vacation? Pack up your boots and jeans and head |
| the mine, and then head down-valley to the nearby | | | | for the hills. It's definitely time to find some vacation |
| town of Victor to tour the Victor Lowell Thomas | | | | gold! |