Amador County is located in the Sierra NevadaMountains of California. Amador County bills itself as "The Heart of the Mother Lode" and lies within the Gold Country.There is a substantial wine-growing industry in the county. Amador County is located approximately 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Sacramento in a part of California known as the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.According to the U.S. Census Bureau,the county has a total area of 605 square miles (1,566 km), of which, 593 square miles (1,536 km) of it is land and 12 square miles (30 km) of it (1.94%) is water. Water bodies in the county include Lake Amador, Lake Camanche, Pardee Reservoir, Bear River Reservoir, Silver Lake, Sutter Creek, Cosumnes River, Mokelumne River, and Jackson Creek.Just 15 minutes from the Camanche Hills Hunting Preserve and Harrahs Northern California Casino; 1 hr from Stockton and Sacramento; 1.5 hrs from Kirkwood Mountain Ski Resort; 2 hrs from San Francisco and South Lake Tahoe.