El Dorado Hills Gold Country California Vacations, Escapes and Business Trips

El Dorado Hills El Dorado Hills is remembers the legendary Gold Rush days relived in the gold panning activities at nearby Marshall Gold Discovery Site in Coloma. While the city has taken shape as a residential mecca, tourists will find it offers a fantastic home base for Gold Country exploration. However, there is only a hotel or two in the city, and though the accommodations in the chain offerings are quite suitable, you may need to look to nearby destinations for more available rooms. Nearby Folsom offers a handful of hotels, or you can drive approx. 20 minutes to Rancho Cordova where you can book hotel rooms at approx. 20 hotels. That makes the stay more flexible, knowing you have many options in the region.

El Dorado Hills enjoys wineries nearby on a remarkable wine trail, and wine tasting events throughout the year. Outdoorsmen delight in whitewater rafting on American River, and fishing at Desolation Wilderness, the most visited wilderness area in California, spanning approx. 1 million acres of national forest! To say that this is an outdoor paradise would be putting it mildly. El Dorado County in which El Dorado Hills resides, includes 11,640 acres of lakes. This Land of Lakes excels in appreciation of water sports and fishing, and touts that it provides a habitat to over 20 species of fish. Nearby Apple Hill hosts annual holiday activities at fruit orchards, farms, craft fairs, wineries and breweries.