Kennedy Gold Mine Tours - Jackson, California

iHititandCritit

I have had gold fever since I was in 4th grade. (30+ years ago) I took my 2 kids 8 and 10. It was an amazing time for all 3 of us, and I was excited to share something with them that I have wanted to do since about their age. Our noon tour group was full and split in 2. If I had to do it again, I would book the earlier 10am tour to try and have a smaller group to really enjoy soaking in the history of the place. We came from the Bay Area, about a 2 hour trip one way. The drive was simple and beautiful, with an autumn day blessed with temps around the low 70's. Highly recommend a day trip, the guided tour! We also gold panned, which the kids fully enjoy the experience.

Hope M.

Was really awesome learning the history of gold mining!

Auggy A.

LOVED this place! Wanted to go here after seeing an episode on GhostHunters.

The tour was EXCELLENT! We had so much fun! Andrea did an AMAZING job with giving the tour! So informative!

The highlight was the mine mascot, Penny the dog!

Jocelyn O.

Stopped here and they weren’t open for the season yet. The volunteers graciously let us in the gift shop and allowed us to tour the property anyway. Really enjoyed the history and all the information. Highly recommend.

Bradley W.

There is a very cool museum with little mine shafts and samples of the rocks around labeled. There are many different samples of old equipment along with lots of cool antiques from water monitors to all kinds of old machinery. There is a cool little house built into the side of the hill. The gift shop in the museum is nice and all the staff here are very friendly and I believe are all volunteers. I recommend this place to anyone that enjoys some good Ole history.

Aksana J.

An amazing piece of history! The tour is long (close to 2 hours) but so, so interesting. Lots of entertainment and fun hands on challenges for kids. Highly recommended a visit and tour if you live nearby or if you are interested in the history of American gold rush.

An S.

We arrived at 10am on a Sunday when they opened & we had Doug a retired mine engineer as a guide and we learned so much! He made the 90 minute tour so interesting! Highly recommend. The $15 goes entirely to the upkeep of the Non profit.

Ethan O.

If your a history or engineering buff this is well worth a stop. We were off season so couldn’t have a tour but we were able to wander round and look and learn. The volunteers were friendly and informative and we were grateful for how welcoming they were even though it was closed.