Peardale, California

Kres is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2861 feet (872 m). Kres is located on the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, 3 miles (4.8 km) east-southeast of Grass Valley.

Cedar Ridge is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, along State Route 174 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east/southeast of Grass Valley, California. and approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) east/southeast of the Empire Mine in Gold Country. The first Post Office was established in 1948 and the zip code is 95924.

KNCO (830 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Grass Valley, California. It is owned by Nevada County Broadcasters and airs a news/talk radio format. The studios and offices for KNCO and KNCO-FM are on East Main Street in Grass Valley. The station streams its programming on the iHeartRadio platform and app. KNCO is a Class B radio station operating with 5,000 watts. AM 830 is a United States clear-channel frequency. So KNCO must use a directional antenna during nighttime hours to prevent interference with the skywave signal of WCCO in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Class A station on the frequency. The transmitter is off Greenhorn Road in Grass Valley.

Buena Vista is a former settlement in Nevada County, California, 3 mi (4.8 km) north of Chicago Park. Its elevation is 2,631 ft (802 m) above sea level.

Union Hill is a former settlement in Nevada County, California, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) from Grass Valley. Its elevation is 2,700 ft (820 m) above sea level.Gold mining is recorded as early as January 30, 1851. A number of mines yielded eighty dollars per ton at times. Sulfurets were said to yield 420 dollars per ton. First arrastres were in use, then a number of stamp mills. The Union Hill School District, established in 1868, continues to operate in Grass Valley, though at a different location. Beginning in 1876, travelers could reach Union Hill via the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad. Its station was located on the Union Hill road, southeast of Grass Valley and northwest of Colfax.The Union Hill mine was a good producer of gold for many years.

Empire Mine State Historic Park is a state-protected mine and park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Grass Valley, California, U.S. The Empire Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places, a federal Historic District, and a California Historical Landmark. Since 1975 California State Parks has administered and maintained the mine as a historic site. The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California". Between 1850 and its closure in 1956, the Empire Mine produced 5.8 million ounces (165 tons) of gold, extracted from 367 miles (591 km) of underground passages.

The Lava Cap Mine is an abandoned gold mine in Nevada County, California. The mine is located 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Nevada City. The site is undergoing cleanup by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for arsenic contamination.

La Barr Meadows is a former settlement in Nevada County, California, located near Grass Valley. It was listed on an official map as of 1949.

Badger Hill is the name of two historic mining areas in Nevada County. The first to be established, in August 1849, was located just east of Grass Valley, approximately where the narrow gauge railroad's Grass Valley station was later located. It appears to have been quickly incorporated into Grass Valley. The second was established around 1853, about 15 miles northeast of Grass Valley, 1 mile north of Cherokee and just south of the Middle Yuba River. It adopted its own mining laws in March 1854. Hydraulic mining predominated with the arrival of ditch water. It had a number of successful mines, some of which operated into the 20th century. The English Company and the Badger Hill Gold Mining Company were among the principal mines. The mines abutted those of Cherokee to the south, and Cherokee seems to have served the Badger Hill miners as a commercial and social center.

Chicago Park (formerly: Storms Station) is a residential and unincorporated historic agricultural community in Nevada County, California. It is located along Highway 174, with its center at the intersection of Mt. Olive Road. The neighborhood gets its name from its founding residents, who came from Chicago to California in the late 1800s to grow fruit, which was often shipped back to Illinois for consumption. Chicago Park is about 9 miles southeast of Grass Valley and about 3 miles north of Colfax.

Spring Hill is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California. Spring Hill is located 1.25 miles (2.0 km) northeast of Grass Valley. It lies at an elevation of 2674 feet (815 m).