Roaring Camp Mining Company

Cool touristy spot for families and large groups. The whole evening is planned out for you and quite enjoyable if you like gold rush history, mining life, and wild west area info.
You’ll start out at the top of the property and slowly descend into the lush canyon stopping along the way at different points of interest. It’s a pretty slow ride down in the back of the pick-​ups. Be sure to get a seat along the edge with a back, you’ll hate life if you’re stuck in the middle.
Once you’re to the bottom you’ll be greeted by some of the friendliest staff around. They’ll give you a quick tour of the grounds and teach you how to gold pan. You keep what you find. After the pleasantries, grab a drink and listen to the live music until dinner time.
You’ll be fed well so bring an appetite, just don’t fill up on bread because you’ll get steak and a ton of sides.
Only complaint would be the slow ride down in the middle of summer, it was extremely hot and the ride was extremely uncomfortable for our large party of older folks. Sitting in the middle was grueling for me (late 20s), the 60+ year olds were quite unhappy.

What a FUN time we had last night at Roaring Camp’s Saturday night BBQ steak dinner! The food was great! The people were so nice! It was our first time going but this is on our list to do again. We got a tour of the property and a lesson in gold panning and anything we found was ours to keep. We had an enjoyable truck ride down to the river with people we didn’t know and sat with them during dinner and we had live music played all evening. What a really fun way to spend a Saturday night!

Leave your iPods & phones at home. Take your friends & family and enjoy an afternoon at this very special place.
From the beautiful drive down to the river to the delicious meat, beans & bread… Roaring Camp delivers a unique, relaxing experience. The Mokelumne (Muh-​KAWL-​um-​knee) River canyon is beautiful and in summer it’s a great area to swim.
Hospitable, friendly staff. Affordable prices. One of my favorite Upcountry destinations.

In today’s day and age it’s hard to find a place where they really care and every staff member knows their job. Ideal setting clean and availabe bath facilities and reasonable prices for thoes things you forgot. We will be back

This was our second time down to Roaring Camp and it was once again, 5 hours of good, quality family time panning for gold, walking the grounds, swimming in the river, and enjoying the warm but cool weather! Kim prepared a great hotdog, hamburger, fries, and salad lunch while we enjoyed a little break in the lodge! Thanks Mike, Ricky, and the rest of the family! Roaring Camp is now a tradition for us every time we revisit the Amador County area!