Destinations · California
Placerville
CA · 38.7297, -120.7986
Eldorado National Forest and Tahoe National Forest lie within 30 miles of Placerville, California.
Get in
Placerville sits 39 miles east of Sacramento and 43 miles from Lake Tahoe. It is accessible from Highway 50 east and west, also Highway 49 east and west, and 193 south. Placerville also has a small private airstrip located a mile or two outside the city, and there is also commuter buses coming in from Sacramento and Lake Tahoe.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Placerville are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Public land
- Eldorado National Forest · 3 mi
- Tahoe National Forest · 18 mi
- Stanislaus National Forest · 26 mi
Campgrounds
- Sly Guard Cabin · 11 mi
- Dru Barner Campground · 15 mi
- Ponderosa Cove Group Campground · 16 mi
- Stumpy Meadows Campground · 16 mi
- Black Oak Group Campground · 17 mi
- Camino Cove Campground · 22 mi
- Capps Crossing Group Campground · 22 mi
- Pipi Campground · 22 mi
Named places
- Fountain and Tallman Soda Factory Museum · 0 mi
- Rotary Park · 0 mi
- Placerville City Park · 0 mi
- Sacramento Hill · 1 mi
- Gold Bug Park · 1 mi
- Lumsden Park · 1 mi
- El Dorado Transit Park & Ride · 1 mi
- Lions Park · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Coloma · 7 mi
- El Dorado Hills · 16 mi
- Auburn · 19 mi
- Folsom · 21 mi
- Placer County · 23 mi
- Rocklin · 24 mi