2021 Map of Auburn

Industrial and cultural history is layered across the topography, from the modern Auburn Municipal Airport to the Maidu Indian Burial Grounds and several legacy burial sites including Old Auburn Cem and the Placer County Hospital Cem. Along the steep canyons of the North Fork American River, named bars like Murderers Bar and Louisiana Bar recall the era of river-based extraction and recreation. The Union Pacific railroad and Interstate 80 corridor provide the primary transit arteries, connecting settlements like Bowman, Clipper Gap, and Ophir through the complex geography of the Forest Hill Divide.