Near Grass Valley in Nevada County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Truckee Trail - Approaching Rock Creek

Photographed by Cory Waters, December 11, 2025

1. Truckee Trail - Approaching Rock Creek Marker

Inscription.
“It was very warm and dusty. About four o'clock, we came to the prairie and to comparatively level road which we could appreciate as we had been having an abundance of the rough kind.” - James S. Abell, Sep 10, 1849

For guidebook availability
Trails West Inc. www.emigranttrailswest.org

Erected 2021 by Trails West, Inc. (Marker Number T-68.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the California Trail, the Trails West Inc., and the Truckee Trail series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is September 10, 1849.

Location. 39° 3.748′ N, 121° 9.633′ W. Marker is near Grass Valley, California, in Nevada County. It can be reached from the intersection of Garden Bar Road and Countryside Ranch Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14268 Garden Bar Rd, Grass Valley CA 95949, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Sierra Nevada.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

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in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Truckee Trail - Approaching Sacramento Valley (approx. 1.2 miles away); Truckee Trail - Last of the Foothills (approx. 2½ miles away); Overland Emigrant Trail (approx. 3.9 miles away); a different marker also named Overland Emigrant Trail (approx. 5 miles away); The Graham Hotel (approx. 8 miles away); Truckee Trail – To Johnson Ranch (approx. 8 miles away); Truckee Trail - Among the Foothills (approx. 8.8 miles away); Truckee Trail - All Hills and Ravines (approx. 9.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grass Valley.

Photographed by Cory Waters, December 11, 2025

2. Truckee Trail - Approaching Rock Creek Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2025, by Cory Waters of Bangor, California. This page has been viewed 67 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 12, 2025, by Cory Waters of Bangor, California. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.