VoiceMap Highway 49 Driving Tour

GPS audio driving tour from Auburn to Placerville.

This self-guided GPS audio tour leads drivers along Highway 49 from Auburn to Placerville through the VoiceMap smartphone app, which triggers narration automatically as travelers reach each location. Covering roughly thirty-two miles with about two hours of storytelling, it is narrated by California native and regional-history author Lynn Momboisse. The route highlights Old Town Auburn, the Gold Rush Museum, Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, Sutter's Mill, the Gold Bug Mine, the James Marshall Monument, and trailheads along the American River, all centered on Coloma, where gold was first discovered in 1848. Stops are optional, and the tour includes turn-by-turn directions, lifetime access, and offline playback. Visitors choose it for an inexpensive, do-it-anytime way to explore Gold Country history while driving one of California's most scenic historic highways at their own pace.