Higgins Point is a former mining camp in El Dorado County, California.

[1] It was located a half mile west of the center of Salmon Falls.

[2] Rich diggings of gold were discovered by Mormons at Higgins Point in 1849.

[3] Higgins Point was the first part of Salmon Falls to be laid out as a town, starting in 1853.

This El Dorado County, California–related article is a stub.