Keystone Mine

Keystone Mine: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this heritage site: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Keystone Mine

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

Visiting Keystone Mine: tips

• Opening hours change with the season; check the last entry time.
• Wear shoes with grip for steps and uneven stone.

How to reach Keystone Mine — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.41774, -120.82390. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Keystone Mine

• Icehouse Pond · lake · Amador · ~2 km · Must-see
• Sutter Creek Baptist Church · church · Amador · ~3 km · Must-see
• Plymouth Baptist Church · church · Amador · ~9 km · Must-see
• Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church · church · Amador · ~10 km · Must-see
• Jackson United Methodist Church · church · Amador · ~11 km · Must-see
• Lake Amador · lake · Amador · ~17 km · Must-see
• Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park · park · Amador · ~20 km · Must-see
• Volcano · lake · Amador · ~21 km · Must-see
• Black Chasm Cavern · cave · Amador · ~22 km · Must-see
• Pardee Dam · lake · Calaveras · ~23 km · Must-see
• Chili Hill · viewpoint · Calaveras · ~27 km · Must-see
• Camanche Reservoir · lake · Amador · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lake Calero · lake · Sacramento · ~31 km · Must-see
• Camanche Dam · lake · San Joaquin · ~35 km · Must-see
• New Hogan Lake · lake · Calaveras · ~37 km · Must-see
• New Hogan Dam · lake · Calaveras · ~37 km · Must-see
• Placerville City Park · park · El Dorado · ~43 km · Must-see
• El Dorado County Federated Church · church · El Dorado · ~43 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Keystone Mine

Other forts & heritage near Keystone Mine

• Vallecito Bell Monument · fort · Calaveras · ~60 km · Must-see
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• Walnut Grove Chinese-American Historic District · fort · Sacramento · ~79 km · Must-see
• Isleton Chinese and Japanese Commercial Districts · fort · Sacramento · ~92 km · Must-see
• Solano · fort · Contra Costa · ~121 km · Must-see
• SS Tahoe · fort · Douglas · ~133 km · Must-see
• Fort Mountain · fort · Calaveras · ~40 km
• Wakamatsu Farm · fort · El Dorado · ~49 km
• Sutter's Mill Site · fort · El Dorado · ~54 km
• Mark Twain Monument · fort · Calaveras · ~57 km

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