Sutters Mill
Sutter's Mill was a water-powered sawmill on the bank of the South Fork American River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California. It was named after its owner John Sutter.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Sawmill
- …lies at an elevation of 745 feet (227 metres)
- Description: location of gold discovery that started the California Gold Rush in 1848
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony.
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony
The Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony is believed… Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony is situated 2½ miles south of Sutters Mill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coloma.
Coloma
Coloma is a small town in El Dorado County in California's Gold Country region.
Sutters Mill
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Latitude
38.80296° or 38° 48′ 11″ north
Longitude
-120.89188° or 120° 53′ 31″ west
Open location code
84CXR435+56
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Sutters Mill” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sutter’s Mill”
- Chinese: “沙特鋸木廠”
- Chinese: “萨特磨坊”
- Chinese: “薩特磨坊”
- Chinese: “蘇特坊”
- Chinese: “蘇特爾磨坊”
- Dutch: “Sutter’s Mill”
- French: “Sutter’s Mill”
- German: “John A. Sutter’s Sawmill”
- German: “Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park”
- German: “Sutter’s Mill”
- Irish: “Muileann Sutter”
- Italian: “Sutter’s Mill”
- Japanese: “サッターズミル”
- Portuguese: “Sutter’s Mill”
- Russian: “Sutter’s Mill”
- Russian: “Лесопилка Саттера”
- Spanish: “Sutter’s Mill”
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Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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El Dorado County: Highlights
Learn more about Placerville and El Dorado Hills.
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