Rough and Ready
Rough and Ready is a census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States. It is located west of Grass Valley, California, approximately 62 miles from Sacramento.Photo: Isaac Crumm, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet with 1,510 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Nevada County, California
- Also known as: “Rough and Ready, CA” and “Rough and Ready, California”
- Postal code: 95975
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtown and Boston Ravine.
Newtown
Hamlet
Newtown is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2113 feet. Newtown is located 4.5 miles west of Nevada City. Newtown was settled in 1850, but never grew very large; its 1855 population was 53. Newtown is situated 2½ miles northeast of Rough and Ready.
Boston Ravine
Hamlet
Boston Ravine is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Boston Ravine is located 1 mile south-southwest of Grass Valley. Its elevation is 2,339 ft above sea level. Boston Ravine is situated 4 miles east of Rough and Ready.
Grass Valley
Photo: Jane Pojawa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 14,016. Situated at roughly 2,500 feet in elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this northern Gold Country city is 57 miles by car from Sacramento and 88 miles west of Reno.
Rough and Ready
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States, micronation, and locality
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.2296° or 39° 13′ 47″ northLongitude
-121.13868° or 121° 8′ 19″ westPopulation
1,510Elevation
1,890 feet (576 metres)Open location code
84FW6VH6+RGOpenStreetMap ID
node 141038452OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5388995Wikidata ID
Q3458646
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Volapük—“Rough and Ready” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռաֆ ընդ Ռեդի”
- Basque: “Rough and Ready”
- Cebuano: “Rough and Ready”
- Chechen: “Раф-енд-Реди”
- Chinese: “拉夫安德雷迪”
- Croatian: “Rough and Ready”
- Dutch: “Rough and Ready”
- French: “Rough and Ready”
- German: “Rough and Ready”
- Gilaki: “راف أند ردي”
- Irish: “Rough and Ready”
- Italian: “Rough and Ready”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Rough and Ready”
- Ladin: “Rough and Ready”
- Literary Chinese: “草草製成”
- Persian: “راف اند ردی، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “راف اند ردی”
- Polish: “Rough and Ready”
- Russian: “Раф-энд-Рэди”
- Serbian: “Раф енд Реди”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rough and Ready, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rough and Ready”
- South Azerbaijani: “راف اند ردی، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Rough and Ready”
- Tatar: “Раф-енд-Реди”
- Turkish: “Rough and Ready”
- Ukrainian: “Раф-енд-Реді”
- Volapük: “Rough and Ready”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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