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LA PORTE AREA
Little Grass Valley Reservoir
The Little Grass Valley Reservoir area is a popular destination for visitors who love the outdoors. About an hour’s drive south of Quincy is the historic community of La Porte and the nearby Little Grass Valley
Reservoir. A former gold mining town, La Porte today attracts numerous visitors to its superior lakeside campsites, fishing holes, hiking trails and swimming areas. It’s also a favorite destination for motorcyclists, car clubs, winter sports enthusiasts, and family reunions and group retreats. History buffs and off-road adventurers also can take a selfguided auto tour of historic mining town sites along forest service roads surrounding La Porte. The area is well-known for its winter recreation and was the site of the nation’s first organized downhill ski racing on 12-
foot “snowshoes” in the late 1800s. The La Porte area hosts miles of terrain for snowmobiling and cross-country skiing/snowshoeing as well as staging areas and warming huts. A snowmobile poker run is held each year in February. The community features the historic Union Hotel Sierra Retreat (open for groups), along with cabin rentals, a restaurant/tavern, a general store, deli, gas station, and small museum. A popular Fourth of July parade, one of the world’s smallest, is staged along La Porte’s one-block downtown. La Porte is accessible from Quincy via the now paved La Porte/Quincy Road (unplowed in winter) or year-round from Marysville via Highway 20 and County Road E-21.
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