Table Mountain is a 1000 foot high plateau in the Central Valley of California close to Oroville. In the spring, there are vernal pools around which numerous beautiful wild flowers grow.
The Old Courthouse in Auburn was built in 1898. It has also housed a jail, treasurer's office and sheriff's office and is still an operating courthouse. There is also a museum with a sizable gold collection. Gold was discovered in CA at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, a few miles from here which started the 1849 California Gold Rush.