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Foresthill is an unincorporated census-designated place in Placer County, about 22 miles northeast of Auburn, and part of the Sacramento metropolitan area.

Foresthill sits on the Foresthill Divide, a broad ridge between the North and Middle Forks of the American River, on top of the gold-bearing gravels of an ancient river channel.

Miners arrived on the Foresthill Divide in large numbers in the spring of 1850, and the Forest House hotel and trading post was built where the trails from Auburn (via Yankee Jim's) and Coloma met.

Foresthill's mining boom began in 1853 after a landslide at the head of Jenny Lind Canyon exposed gold nuggets; the Jenny Lind mine produced about $2,500 of gold a day for a time and more than $1 million by 1880.

By 1868 the combined output of the Foresthill area mines was estimated at $10 million, and in the 1860s miners dug some 125,000 feet of hard-rock tunnels in, around and under the town.

The Hardy-Kennedy building, erected in 1862 as Foresthill's first fireproof store and now known as the Langstaff building, is still used by local merchants.

By 1880 Foresthill was one of Placer County's largest towns, with an 80-foot-wide main street; today it is California Historical Landmark No. 399, with a marker at 24540 Main Street.

Foresthill had a population of 1,692 at the 2020 census, up from 1,483 in 2010, with 673 households averaging 2.51 people and about 75% of its homes owner-occupied.

The Eagles Nest mine, about two miles east of Foresthill, is California's premier mine for specimen gold - its famous 'Cover Gold' specimen appeared on the covers of a book and a major magazine.

The Foresthill Bridge soars 730 feet above the North Fork of the American River, making it the highest bridge by deck height in California and the fourth-highest in the United States.