Elk Grove Gold Country California Vacations, Escapes and Business Trips

Elk Grove in California Gold Country is a modern city with many amenities close to Sacramento, a financial, business and government center for the State of California.

Old Town Elk Grove, the heart of the community, showcases buildings dating back to the 1800s. This dining, shopping and entertainment attraction preserves the charm and essence of Elk Grove's roots in California gold discovery. Located between Florin & Waterman Road, an annual Dickens Faire held each year in the fall (usually late November), is one of the annual, special events that brings the community and visitors out to enjoy the beautiful historic portion of town.

Some of the most active community organizations such as the Elk Grove Chamber of Commerce and the Elk Grove Historical Society manintan a full calendar of events, with special car shows, tea time, reanactments and historic home tours offered by the historical society.

Elk Grove, a thriving city with over 100,000 people, began as a stage stogp and hotel lodgings for the early gold rush. Locate just 15 miles from Sacramento's Sutter Fort, before it was ever called Elk Grove this land was a busy crossroads and home base for gold miners. Once a boom town, the city fell into quieter times, then experience a renaissance once again in the past century as a residential commumnity. Located halfway between Sacramento and Stockton in Sacramento County, it straddles Highway 99, and easily accesses the San Francisco and Silicon Valley Bay Area as well as Sierra Mountain resorts.