Homes in Sutter Creek, CA

Living in Sutter Creek

What makes Sutter Creek special

Often called the Jewel of the Mother Lode, Sutter Creek is a Gold Rush town of just over 2,500 people in the heart of Amador County. It grew up in 1848 as the supply center for the deep-rock gold mines that made the Mother Lode famous, and its historic Main Street still runs beneath 19th-century buildings with filigreed balconies cantilevered over the sidewalk, so charming that Sunset magazine once asked readers whether it was the prettiest Main Street they had ever seen.

Sutter Creek sits in the heart of Amador wine country, minutes from the Shenandoah Valley AVA, with tasting rooms right on Main Street and Highway 49. Between the wineries, antique shops, art galleries, and the trails and reservoirs of the foothills, it offers a quiet, relaxed pace of life that has earned Amador County a reputation as one of the best small-town places to live in California.

Highlights

• Historic Main Street with 19th-century storefronts and filigreed balconies, often called the prettiest in the Mother Lode
• Knight Foundry, America's last water-powered foundry and machine shop, preserved as a living-history landmark
• Wine country at the front door, with tasting rooms on Main Street and the Shenandoah Valley AVA minutes away
• Antique shops, art galleries, boutiques, and farm-to-table restaurants along the walkable downtown
• Foothill recreation close by, from hiking and fishing to the lakes and reservoirs of Amador County