If you are looking for a nice place to have your children taught, the one room school can be a great foundation. Maybe you should check into the Nevada County Public Schools program at Washington School. There is a wonderful , deep water, swimming hole located just East of the bridge that crosses the South Yuba River and the current is mild during the summer months, but it is mid to late July before the temperature of the water will sustain swimmers other than the strongest at heart. The snow melt keeps the water temperatures cold until then. Light rafting is afforded as the river drops some 50 feet along the 2 mile run from the bridge East of town to The River Rest Campgrounds.
Summer is over and the summer crowds have faded into memory.
The river makes it way along the riverbed, at this point it rests and makes ready for the high water of the winter runoff, it might look a bit different next spring, after the high water, but it will still be here, it will be the same The smells, the sounds they'll all be here waiting for your return. . Rush hour in Washington, Ca. Please clear this grid lock. This is an old picture of Washington that I found on the Nevada County Tax Collectors page. I think it was a post card, taken before Washington road was paved.