Grass Valley is just 1 hour west of Sacramento in the beautiful Sierra Mountains and east of Reno / Lake Tahoe.

With an average elevation of 2,500 feet, the area enjoys a mild, four-season climate. Skies are generally a brilliant blue from May to October with average temperatures ranging from 70 to 90 degrees during the daytime, cooling off to the 50s in the evenings. The rainy season, from November to April, is also mild. Daytime temperatures typically rise to the 40s and 50s and nighttime temperatures drop into the 30s. Hiking, fishing and boating are popular activities here in this mountain community.

Elam Biggs B & B, Grass Valley
This beautiful Queen Anne Victorian bed and breakfast inn is set amidst a large yard surrounded by tall old shade trees and a rose-covered picket fence

Swan-Levine House, Grass Valley
Old mining town hospital offers modern amenities and historic hospitality and grace

The Red Castle Inn Historic Lodgings, Nevada City
This Bed and Breakfast is a landmark brick mansion is the only authentically preserved Gothic Revival building in Nevada City's Historic District