HAPPY TRAILS maps: GOLD RUSH GO PLAY OUTSIDE: FARM TRAILS RETURNS LOCAL FAVORITES QUILT TRAIL WINE COUNTRY 2 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide WELCOME to EL DORADO COUNTY A diverse playground of stunning scenic beauty… But don’t take our word for it... Experience El Dorado for yourself!…
The El Dorado County Visitors Authority and the Farm Trails Association invite you explore our bountiful back roads. You’ll find a perfect blend of breathtaking scenery, rich and colorful history, exciting outdoor adventure and fun agricultural excursions year round.
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El Dorado County El Dorado County Visitors Authority Farm Trails Association 542 Main Street P.O. Box 20 Placerville, CA 95667 Placerville CA 95667 (800)457-6279 530-919-2445 Visit-ElDorado.com edc-farmtrails.org facebook.com/farmtrails Visitors Authority Council Chair: Christa Campbell President: John Roe Executive Director of Tourism: Vice President: Jody Franklin Robert van der Vijver Share your life & advetnures… Treasurer: Jane Harris Secretary: Carmen Martinez #ElDoradoCounty Guide Committee: Seana Hartsell, Jane Harris, Linda Hopkins, Wendell Smith We want to see what you see. We want to experience what you experience on your adventure. Whether you are snapping Published by: Mountain Democrat a South Lake Tahoe sunset or a favorite For advertising information call (530) 344-5078 farm in Apple Hill™, we encourage you to share your photos and include hashtag A picture is worth a thousand words. Thanks to the following photographers we are better able to #ElDoradoCounty for Instagram and share the El Dorado Experience: Twitter or tag our Facebook page Tracy Barbutes Photography, Cave and Mine Adventures, @VisitElDorado Paul Cockrell, Pat Dollins, ElDorado2016.com, El Dorado Trout Unlimited, John Flinn, Heavenly Lake Tahoe, Sign up for our newsletter Hot Shot Imaging, Lisa Jesse Photography, Kyrsten Kellum, Monthly travel deals, events and articles Tom Myers, OARS, Tom Phipps, Patrick Pike, Bill Robinson, VisitElDorado.com Charlie Rosenau, Shelly Thorene, Unique Aeriography
El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 3 table of contents Welcome...... 3 Weddings...... 52 El Dorado County Transportation Info...... 5 Wedding Specialists...... 53 5 Reasons You Must Visit El Dorado County...... 6–7 Wine Country...... 54–55 Upcoming Events in El Dorado County...... 8–12 Did You Catch Gold Fever?...... 14 MAPS Exploring California’s Gold Country...... 15–16 El Dorado County Adventure Loop Map...... 20–21 Historic Towns...... 22 East El Dorado County...... 38 Go Play Outisde...... 26 North/West El Dorado County...... 42 Going Fishing...... 27 South El Dorado County...... 44 Lake Tahoe...... 28 Wine Map...... 56 Movie Locations in El Dorado County...... 32 El Dorado County Map...... Insert Placerville Map...... Insert El Dorado County Farm Trails Fair Play Map...... Insert Check Out Our New Website...... 35 Lake Tahoe Map...... Insert On The Road With “The Quilt Trail Project”...... 37 East El Dorado County...... 38–40 DIRECTORIES North/West El Dorado County...... 42–43 Products & Activities...... 46–47 El Dorado Hills – Georgetown Harvest Calendar...... 48 South El Dorado County...... 44–45 Wine Directory...... 57–58 Farmer’s Market...... 49–50 Lodging Directory...... 59–66 El Dorado Stay and Play Shuttle...... 51
Placerville’s Gold Bug Park & Mine Take A Walk Into Gold Rush History! ★ Explore a REAL underground gold mine! ★ Strike it rich at our gem panning troughs ★ Tour the free mining museum and historic stamp mill ★ Check out the working Blacksmith Shop ★ Shop for a unique memento in Hattie’s Gift Shop ★ Enjoy our miles of dog friendly hiking trails ★ Have a fun family picnic under our covered pavilion 2014 & 2015 ★ There’s plenty of free parking Only 1 mile from downtown Placerville Gold Bug Park is rich with unique and Open every day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. inexpensive family fun! 2635 Gold Bug Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 530-642-5207 • www.goldbugpark.org and as a California State Point of Historic Interest Stop by on your way to Apple Hill, our local wineries and Lake Tahoe
4 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide TRANSPORTATION IN EL DORADO COUNTY
Airport Public Transportation Placerville Airport – (530) 622-0459 El Dorado Transit – www.eldoradotransit.com Georgetown Airport – (530) 622-0459 (530) 642-5383 Cameron Park Airport – (916) 231-0103 LOCAL BUS ROUTES Lake Tahoe – (530) 542-6180 Routes connecting the communites of Pollock Pines, Camino, Placerville, El Dorado, Diamond Springs, Cameron Park, Shingle Springs and Grizzly Flat. Taxi, Limosine & Shuttle Service ($1.50 one way) Gold Rush Taxi – (530) 651–GOLD COMMUTER SERVICE Hangtown Taxi – (530) 748-TAXI Commuter routes run Monday through Friday from Coloma Shuttle – (530) 303-2404 El Dorado County into downtown Sacramento corridor. Foothill Area Rapid Transit – (530) 651-4965 ($5 one way) Super Shuttle – (800) 258-3826 Amtrak Train & Bus Service – www.amtrakcalifornia.com (800) 872-7245 Rental Cars Amtrak California offers one daily motor coach round trip to Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Placerville – (530) 621-0866 the Transit Center in Placerville on their way between South Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Shingle Springs – (530) 672-8424 Lake Tahoe and the Sacramento train station. Enterprise Rent-A-Car, El Dorado Hills – (916) 934-0783 Eastbound Dave’s Rent-A-Car, Cameron Park – (916) 939-2327 Depart Sacramento Train Station 10:15am – Avis Rent a Car, El Dorado Hills – (916) 941-7662 Arrive Placerville 11:15am Hertz Rent A Car, Cameron Park – (530) 677-8731 Westbound Hertz Rent A Car, Shingle Springs – (530) 676-1601 Depart Placerville Transit Center 3:55pm – Arrive Sacramento Train Station 5:25pm $24 Round Trip
El Dorado County 1710.8 square miles Population: 181,058 Mileage & Drive Times From Placerville • Lake Tahoe Sacramento: 45 miles / 45 minutes Lake Tahoe: 60 miles / 70 minutes Sacramento • Yosemite Los Angeles: 450 miles / 8 hours San Francisco San Francisco: 146 miles / 2.5 hours • • Stockton: 69 miles / 75 minutes Reno: 110 miles / 2.5 hours
Climate Average Summer Temperature 75 – 95 degrees F Average Winter Temperature 30 -50 degrees F Annual Rainfall: 39.50 inches • Los Angeles
El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 5 reasons there may never be a better time to visit EL DORADO COUNTY
El Dorado County is still an undiscovered destination by many tourists today, but wildly popular during the California Gold Rush. It is a year round getaway with diverse natural scenic beauty, fascinating historic sites and fun outdoor 5 adventures in concert with a new generation of pioneers opening unique shops, eateries and inns. Don’t miss these El Dorado Insider favorites.
World Gold Panning Championships — El Dorado County will host the 2016 World Gold Panning 1 Championships, “The Olympics of Gold Panning,” right here where the Calfornia Gold Rush started. During a county wide, week-long celebration September 11–18, 2016, more than 600 competitors from over 20 countries will participate in this
unusual sporting event. This promises to be an unforgettable ELDORADO2016.COM PHOTO: event which has already gained worldwide attention. The wide variety of activities, unique events and celebrations surrounding this event gives visitors and locals an unprecedented opportunity to enjoy California’s Gold Country. Visitors will experience rare access to historical sites like Gold Bug Park and Mine, historical reenactments, Museum tours and melodrama skits, live music and performances during Coloma Gold Rush Live and the Divide Gold Rush Days. There are excursions to Apple Hill™, whitewater excitement, and exclusive wine tours and tastings. Visitors are invited to kick up their heels at the Street Stomp and Barn Dance or kick off your heels at the Grape stomp at the Fairgrounds. Rock hounds will enjoy the El Dorado County Mineral and Gem Society’s annual Rock and Gem show. Downtown Placerville goes to the dogs at the Oktoberfest and the Wiener Dog Races. This is an unprecedented opportunity to experience El Dorado.
Whitewater Dry Diggings Distillery Rafting — & Poor Red’s — In 2 Cascading 3 2016 we welcomed a new down from the Sierra friend, Dry Diggings Distillery, to our Nevada runs the destination and welcomed back West Coast’s most an old friend, Poor Red’s BBQ. The popular whitewater distillery is the first of its kind in El resource — the South Dorado County in a very long time. Fork of the American Owners Cris Steller and Gordon River. An intermediate Helm offer a 90 minute tour and (Class III) river, the tasting which takes guests through South Fork American PHOTO: HOT SHOT IMAGING the production cycle from field to glass really incorporating the River is suitable for sense of place, “Gold Country” into the business. For the first kids 7 to 75! An El Dorado County white water rafting time since prohibition, major legislation finally passed enabling trip combines the river’s natural beauty, rich historical craft distilleries to sell direct to consumer in the tasting room. background, and exhilarating rapids into one great People came from all over California to enjoy 3 things at Poor whitewater vacation experience. 2016 stands to be the best Red’s, great barbeque, their famous Golden Cadillac cocktail, California whitewater rafting in 5 years! We have had a solid and great company. “In 1999 Galliano proclaimed Poor Red’s snowpack, and just one year after the driest winter ever as the largest consumer in the world-responsible for 3% of the recorded in California history, things are definitely looking American Market.” up. The South Fork of the American River is a completely Poor Red’s is located in the town of El Dorado at the crossroads different river at higher flows and a guaranteed thrill ride. of Pleasant Valley Road and Highway 49. Originally constructed as a weigh station for Wells Fargo. Poor Red’s previously operated under the name Kelly’s Bar from 1927 until 1945. Poor Red won the bar in a game of dice, and he and his wife and bookkeeper Rich Opal took it.
6 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park — One 4 of California’s most popular state parks has undergone some vast improvements over the last 2 years that are both creative and refreshing. Probably the most notable is the completion of a new replica of the saw mill where James Marshall discovered gold in 1848. There are new or improved exhibits, attractions, walkways, landscaping and signage in every direction. The park hosts living history days every month offering a hands on history lesson with rope making, candle dipping, dutch oven cooking, sawmill wood working and games from the past. There are new ~1 LOCATION ~ guided walking tours and even a 3 GREAT TASTING ROOMS new app that provides a video and PHOTO: UNIQUE AERIOGRAPHY picture tour to many of the sights and & THE PUB sounds of Coloma. Add lunch at Argonaut Farm to Fork Café to your “must do” list and you won’t regret it. There are new owners, a new menu, with great food located inside the park. diVittorio Winery Apple Hill™ — A family trip to visit the Apple Hill Growers means so Fri-Sun, 11-5pm (530) 621-2166 much more than just apples and pies. It’s memories that will last a www.divittoriowinery.com 5 lifetime! It’s berry farms, u-pick apple ranches, and kid-friendly activities. For the grown-ups, it’s fine wines and handcrafted beers in an incredible Sierra- soaked setting. It’s Christmas trees for illuminare as far as your group can wander. Don’t Winery wait until October to visit, most ranches Fri-Sun, 11-5pm open in September and much less & by appt. (530) 306-3873 crowded. Lots of new things to see and www.illuminarewinery.com do — Mill View Ranch, open year round, added a free old-west kid size gold rush town. Don’t miss the Colossal Corn Findleton Maze at Kids Inc. covering 2 acres with 8-foot-tall corn plants. Pure Old Fashioned Apple Delights Estate 17 Since 1978 – Upper Apple Hill Winery Open daily, 11am - 5pm (530) 644-4018 www.finzinwines.com
Findleton Pub Beer, Bubbles Picnic in the Orchard & Food (530) 417-1033 [email protected] 17 Types of Apple Pie findletonpub.com Dumplings • Turnovers • Crisps • Cookies • Strudel and More • Many available No-Sugar 3500 Carson Road Gluten Free Items Camino Reserve Your Order! Call or order online ~24 hours notice please~ Nature Trail ~ Special Events ~ Lunch Crafters & Barbeque October Weekends 2360 Cable Road, Camino • 530.644.2153 www.grandpascellar.com Open Daily 10-5 • Sept thru Dec 20th PHOTO: JOHN FLYNN El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 7 UPCOMING EVENTS IN EL DORADO COUNTY
JUNE 11 Wagon Train and BBQ Rib Wagon Train and Street Dance Join us to welcome the Highway 50 Association’s 67th Annual Wagon Train at 3:30 pm. Wagon Train Street Dance from 5 pm to 8pm. Learn to line dance too! Food, Beer, Wine available throughout the evening Admission is free. www.placerville-downtown.org 16 – 19 El Dorado County Fair Fun for the whole family at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. This year’s theme is “Cowboys and photo courtesy Paul Cockrell PHOTO: PAUL COCKRELL Carousels.” www.eldoradocountyfair.org JULY 27 17 Bell Tower Brewfest Cowboys & Cornbread This popular annual event features nearly 40 different Kick up your heels at the day-long celebration of western micro-brews and several different bands at venues living and old-fashioned fun. This year’s festival includes throughout Historic Main Street. a Pee Wee Rodeo, Cowboy poetry, Western art show, www.placerville-downtown.org brewfest, Buckle Bonanza horse show, stagecoach rides, gold panning, the Hangtown Harmonica Championship, Chili Cook off, Kiddie Corral, horseshoes, cornhole, live 25 music and more. Summer Spectacular & Fireworks Show www.CowboysandCornbread.com Live music and world class fireworks show, food, kids games & arts and crafts at Cameron Park Lake. 2pm – 10 pm. Enjoy an evening filled with great musical 28 – 31 entertainment, food and craft exhibitors, contests and a 64th Annual Jeepers’ Jamboree world-class fireworks show. For more information call (530) This is considered the oldest, toughest and largest 677-2231 or www.cameronpark.org organized event of this type in the world on the Rubicon Trail over the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. www.jeepersjamboree.com
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SEPTEMBER 10 – 18 The World Gold Panning Championships run Wednesday through Sunday kicking off with a parade of nations through downtown Placerville. Alongside the competition there is a full week of live music and entertainment, rare access to historical sites and exhibits, special tours, great food and locally crafted wine and beer featured all across the county.
10 – 11 Divide Gold Rush Days Georgetown — History comes alive with interactive historical characters, miner encampments, Native American settlements with drums and music, horse drawn wagon rides, logging demonstrations, ropemaking, blacksmith, local authors, camp fire cookout, storytelling, poetry and entertainment by Sour Dough Slim and other local artists. www.dividegoldrushdays.com
11 13 MORE Chili Cook Off and Hangtown Street Stomp Classic Car Show As the sun goes down, Placerville’s Main Street comes EDC Fairgrounds — In addition to some of the best alive at the Hangtown Street Stomp. Backstreet Boulevard chili around, visitors will be treated to a special classic kicks off this gold rush block party with classic rock and car show. Admission is a suggested donation of $5 country tunes. Old Town Grill and Placerville Hardware per person. For this you will get a chance to taste all offers a warm welcome to our international gold panning the chili, vote for your favorite chili, and vote for your guests with piping hot miners stew. Wet your whistle with favorite car. The classic car show gets under way at 10 suds, wine and moonshine. 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. am, and the chili will be ready at 12 pm until it runs out. Raffle drawings, food, snacks and refreshments (including adult beverages) available too. 16 – 18 77th California Federation of Mineralogic Societies Show & Convention EDC Fairgrounds — Loads of hands-on activities for the new rock hobbiest to the experienced rockhounds. Dealers, displays, demonstrations, rocks, minerals, gems, jewelry, beads, fossils, petrified wood, and more. www.rockandgemshow.org
El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 9 UPCOMING EVENTS IN EL DORADO COUNTY
SEPTEMBER 10 – 18 Gold Week Events. . . 15 – 18 Coloma Gold Rush Live Coloma will be packed with images, sounds, and hands-on experiences dating back to the California Gold Rush. Live history tent encampments, gold panning, sawmill demonstrations, historic re- enactments. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park. www.coloma.com/calendar
17 Sample the Sierra South Lake Tahoe — This event brings together local chefs, and restaurants with neighboring growers and producers to create scrumptious samples for you to taste. Pair them with the appropriate craft beer or wine, shop for locally made crafts at the Festival Marketplace, dance to live entertainment, and catch the signature food challenge event, Sierra Chefs Challenge.
17 Placerville Octoberfest Music, Wiener Dog Races, Server’s Races, Children’s Games and Giant Slide, Beer-related Games, Bavarian Dance Demos, Sausages, Sauerkraut, Pretzels all on Historic Main Street. 3pm – 8 pm. www.placerville-downtown.org
16 – 19 American River Music Festival Friday, September 16 – Monday, September 19, 2016 Held on the banks of the South Fork of the American River in the Coloma Valley, featuring 30 Americana, Blues and Folk music performances, workshops, camping/lodging, hiking, rafting, kids activities, live art, art vendors, food, beverages and more. www.americanrivermusic.org
10 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide OCTOBER 20 – 23 Hangtown Halloween Ball This one of a kind celebration features 3 nights of music by Railroad Earth and a stellar line-up of musical artists every day. Over 2 dozen bands and roving performers, indoor late-night halls and costumed attendees at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. www.hangtownhalloween.com
NOVEMBER DECEMBER 25 4 Holiday Festivities Hangtown Christmas Parade The Festival of Lights and the El Dorado Hills Tree A local favorite for 37 years, this big parade is full Lighting kick off the holiday season with the old- of small town fun. You’ll find marching bands, fashioned festivities on Historic Main Street and the motorcycles, horses, ponies and mules, dogs and Rockin Road Show in El Dorado Hills Town Center. dancers, fire engines and floats, 4-H and 4 wheel drives. There will be music, entertainment, Santa, stagecoach Beginning at 1 pm, parade begins at upper Broadway rides and carriage rides. Check out the calendar of to downtown Main Street in Placerville, rain or shine. events for all the holiday fun. www.Visit-Eldorado.com Call 530-344-5088
25 & 26 Christmas in Coloma & Historic Holiday Houses 10 am – 4 pm. Thirteen of the parks’ buildings that are normally closed will be open and decorated for the holidays. Docents will be at each house to tell the history of the building and there will be refreshments served at certain houses to get you in the holiday mood! Celebrate with wreath making, cookie decorating, wagon rides, music, and of course Santa, please call 530- 622-3470. www.marshallgold.com/historic-holiday-houses
El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 11 UPCOMING EVENTS IN EL DORADO COUNTY
JANUARY 2017 24 Gold Discovery Day Historic demonstrations, tours, speakers, and Gold Rush music highlight the discovery of gold in the tailrace of Sutter’s Mill. www.coloma.com/calendar/discoveryday
MAY 2017 13 & 14 14th Annual El Dorado Hills Art, Beer and Wine Festival Mother’s Day weekend this event features the 80+ best artists displaying their fine art along the thoroughfare on Town Center Boulevard in El Dorado Hills. Enjoy APRIL 2017 food and live music plus some of the area’s most prestigious wineries and craft breweries pouring each 9 – 10 & 16 – 17 day. 25th Annual Passport Event www.eldoradohillsartfestival.org Don’t miss this once a year, all-access pass to wine-and- food pairings, music and friendship in our region-wide party. Choose between 30 El Dorado County wineries 27 & 28 to sample fine vintages and gourmet foods. Rock’s & Rhones Festival www.passporteldorado.com Wine and Food experience on Memorial Day Weekend celebrating Rhone varietals grown in the rocky soils of El Dorado’s Pleasant Valley. Delight your senses with 30 gourmet food pairings, winemaker demonstrations and Georgetown Nature Fest vineyard walks. The nature area in Georgetown will once again host www.pleasantvalleywineries.com this family-friendly all-day event, Student art exhibits, docent-led hikes, arts and craft activities for children, family music workshops, Native American drumming and storytelling, and student performances. Call 530-334-3697 www.georgetownnaturearea.org 30 Mother Lode Century This amazing bicycling event is conveniently staged in the foothills of the northern portion of El Dorado County. 24, 64 and 100 mile routes available. www.motherlodecentury.com
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For Information on these and other events in El Dorado County visit www.visit-eldorado.com or call 800-457-6279
12 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Minutes Away, Worlds Apart
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Madroña Vineyards Wofford Acres Vineyards Lava Cap Winery 2560 High Hill Road 1900 Hidden Valley Ln, Camino CA 2221 Fruitridge Road Camino, CA (530) 626-6858 • wavwines.com Placerville, CA (530) 644-5948 • MadronaVineyards.com Open weekends year round (530) 621-0175 • lavacap.com Open daily 11am-5pm Check our website for weekday hours Open daily 10am-5pm
Boeger Winery Grace Patriot Winery Jodar Winery 1709 Carson Road 2701 Carson Road 3405 Carson Court, Placerville, CA Placerville, CA Placerville, CA (530) 644-3474 (530) 622-8094 (530) 642-8424 • gracepatriotwines.com jodarwinery.com boegerwinery.com Open 11am-5pm Wednesday – Monday Open Daily 11am-5pm Open daily 10am-5pm El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 13 Did You Catch Gold Fever?
There is no cure but we suggest any of the following treatments:
gold fever (noun): the contagious excitement of a gold rush
Olde Coloma Theatre — Cheer the heroine and hero! Boo and hiss the evil villains! Enjoy the rare art of melodrama 1848 Today — it’s one of only three such theatres in California! 1 ounce of gold $1242 www.oldecolomatheatre.com 1 ounce of gold $16 1 lb. of coffee = $13 1 lb. of coffee = $40 Gold discovery tour — This guided walking tour will tell the story and get a glimpse of life in the Coloma Valley before James Marshall made his famous discovery in 1848 that sparked the California Gold Rush. www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=484
Gold Bug Mine — Take a self-guided audio tour of a real gold mine. Explore the museum, blacksmith shop and Handy Gold pan on the South Fork — Dip your gold pan in Stamp Mill surrounded by 62 acres of walking trails. the river that triggered the California Gold Rush. Rent a pan or www.goldbugpark.org bring your own and try your luck at one of several picturesque places on the American River. Take a stagecoach ride — Take a free stagecoach ride coloma.com/recreation/gold-panning with Davey “Doc” Wiser and his crew every third Saturday on Historic Main Street. El Dorado County Adventure Loop — A 45-mile placerville-downtown.org/DaveyWiser.html driving route intended to get visitors off the beaten path and into a region anchored by a string of blink-and-you’ll-miss-‘em Take a gold rush ghost tour — Some departed souls gold rush towns. from the California Gold Rush can still be found hanging eldoradoadventureloop.com around. Find out more in this humorous and historical walking tour. El Dorado County Historical Museum — Take a goldrushtales.blogspot.com tour and view historical artifacts. Explore the fascinating history of El Dorado County, one of California’s original and most his- Historic Walking Tour — Tour guides dressed in period toric counties. clothing share the significance of several historic locations with museum.edcgov.us stops to explore architecture and learn about some colorful characters of the time. The Fountain & Tallman Museum — Built in eldoradocountyhistoricalsociety.org 1852, it is the oldest building on Main Street and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. eldoradocountyhistoricalsociety.org
Ride the rails — Great family fun for all ages every Sunday on the oldest railroad line west of the Mississippi River. museum.edcgov.us/el-dorado-west- ern-railroad
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El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 15 Explore California’s Gold Country
Here, the state’s past, present, and future merge into one unforgettable destination. Pan for gold like a 49er, bike through meadow-and-oak countryside, and raft a rapid-filled river, then explore historic towns with Old West architecture and a new generation of pioneers, opening up outstanding wineries, farm-to-table restaurants, inviting shops, and charming B&Bs.
Amador County Explore a cave, pan for gold, sip barberas, shop boutiques. Enjoy gallery openings, farmers’ markets and farm-to-fork dining at locally owned restaurants. Outdoor Recreation ranges from 900 foot to 10,000 foot in elevation. • Amador Flower Farm – Plymouth • Black Chasm Cavern / National Natural Landmark • Downtown Sutter Creek • Preston Castle / Ione • Days of 49 / September PHOTO: CAVE AND MINE ADVENTURES
PHOTO: PATRICK PIKE Calaveras County Redefining wine country one adventure Mariposa County at a time. Spectacular scenery, shopping, Home to Yosemite National Park. Combines the best outdoor entertainment, and charming historic of California outdoor activities with natural beauty downtowns. • Calaveras Big Trees State Park and Gold Rush History. A four-season recreational • Moaning Cavern Adventure Park adventure, hiking, biking, photography tours, snow shoeing, zip lining, horseback riding, rafting, and more. • Calaveras County Fair & Jumping Frog • Civil War Days / April Jubilee / May • The Butterfly Festival / May • Calaveras Grape Stomp & Gold Rush Street • John Muir Festival / June Fair / October • Mariposa County Pioneer Wagon Train / June • Gold Rust Day / October • Mariposa Yosemite Hot Rod and Custom Car Show / October PHOTO: OARS
El Dorado County Where the gold rush began! Award-winning wine country, whitewater rafting, hiking, biking, gold panning, treasure hunting, snow sports and more. • Marshall Gold Discovery Park • Sly Park Recreation Area • Historic Main Street Placerville • Apple Hill™ • Gold Bug Mine
Placer County Year-round festivals celebrating Placer County’s unique Madera County agriculture, music, art, food & wine traditions. Bike and Gold Country’s famed Highway 49, known as hike awesome wilderness trails. Gold pan at “living the Golden Chain, starts in the Madera County history” events. community of Oakhurst. Madera County is • Auburn State Recreation Area California’s Gateway to Yosemite National Park • Placer County Wine Trail – Grape Days of and home of the Sierra National Forest. Summer / August • Fossil Discovery Center of Madera County • Tevis Cup Trail Ride / August • Annual Bass Lake Fishing Derby / May • Lake Tahoe Autumn Food & Wine Festival / • Yosemite Festival – Oakhurst / June September • Annual Logger’s Jamboree / July • Autumn Art Studios Tour / November • Annual Coarsegold Tarantula Festival / Oc- tober
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16 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide SHASTA LAKES BASIN REC AREA Sierra Buttes CASCADE Lookout Trail SIERRA VLLEY Big Springs REGION RIVER SIERRA BUTTES Gardens KENTUCKY Loyalton CANYON MINE HISTORIC PARK & MUSEUM Sierra Downieville Hot Springs Sierraville Reno SIERRA COUNTY
NEVADA COUNTY Malako Explore California’s Gold Country Diggins SHP South Yuba River SP Lake Truckee Wildwood Rough Soda Springs Donner and Nevada City Ready Memorial SP Grass Valley Penn Squaw Empire Valley Valley Mine SHP PLACER COUNTY Tahoe Carson Lake of the Colfax City Lake Pines Tahoe City Meadow Foresthill Vista Auburn HIGH SRA SIERRA Auburn Georgetown REGION Newcastle Lincoln South Lake 50 Rocklin Tahoe miles to Loomis Coloma EL DORADO COUNTY Roseville Napa Granite Bay Marshall Gold Folsom Apple Hill Sacramento Lake SRA Discovery SHP Twin Int’l Placerville Alpine El Dorado White Hall Bridges Airport Folsom Hills Pollock Village Citrus Heights Diamond Pines Kirkwood Carmichael Springs El Dorado 90 Shingle SACRAMENTO Markleeville miles to Rancho Springs Fair Play San CCordova Francisco Sacramento Zoo Rancho Plymouth Chaw’seVolcano AMADOR COUNTY Elk Grove Murieta Indian Grinding Bear Amador City Rock SHP BLACK CHASM CAVERN 60 SACRAMENTO ROARING CAMP Valley miles to Sutter MINING San Jose COUNTY Creek West Point Ione Jackson CALAVERAS COUNTY Galt Calaveras Dorrington Mokelumne Big Trees CALIFORNIA Valley Hill CAVERN Wallace Springs Arnold San Andreas IRONSTONE Avery VINEYARDS Pinecrest
MOANING CAVERN PARK Angels Camp Mi Wuk Village Columbia Columbia SHP Sonora Jamestown TUOLUMNE COUNTY Railtown Sacramento County Copperopolis 1897 SHP The intersection of gold and grapes can be traced back 150 years when Chinese Camp people landed upon the shores of the Sacramento River during the Groveland California Gold Rush. While few found enough gold in the hills above Sacramento to become wealthy, some remained and built California’s Yosemite Valley Gold Country wine region. Coulterville • Old Sacramento — Historic District • Folsom Historic District MARIPOSA COUNTY • California State Railroad Museum
• Folsom Prison Museum Mariposa Fish Camp California State Mining Bootjack and Mineral Museum and • Folsom Zoo and Sanctuary State Park
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Sierra County Strike gold in Sierra County, rich in history, natural beauty and small town warmth. Winding rivers, snow capped peaks, scenic lakes and forests offer outstanding recreation year round. Tuolumne County • Kennedy Mine Historic Park & Museum Your front door to Yosemite National Park, with 58% of the Park within its • Sierra Hot Springs / Sierraville borders. The Stanislaus National Forest, Immigrant Wilderness, lakes and • Gold Rush Days – Downieville / September waterfalls make this a perfect recreation destination. • Original Big City Rod Run & Car Show / September • Columbia State Historic Park / near Sonora • Oktoberfest and Street Faire / October • Railtown 1897 State Historic Park • Don Pedro Lake Recreation Area • Tuolumne County Museum & History Center • Pioneer Days / Jamestown / September El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 17 David Girard Auriga Vineyards Wine Cellars
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18 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Bed & Breakfast Nestled in the center of Apple Hill, the Camino Hotel is the perfect place to relax after 530-621-2100 a day of exploring the wonders of El Dorado County. “Reasonable Rates” Call for Rates and Group Discount Information Placerville 1234-A Broadway Camino Hotel Bed & Breakfast www.amerikanichi.net 4103 Carson Rd, Camino, CA 95709 (530)644-1800 • www.caminohotel.com • [email protected]
Gateway to the w ineries Sierra Banquet Center Log Cabin Café Weddings, Parties & Special Events FIREARMS ARchERy FIShIng Ammo • Guns Bows & Fly fishing & Accessories Arrows & Traditional Open for Lunch & Dinner – Thurs - Sun • Winchester • Bowtech • Winchester Sat & Sun Brunch – Reservations Recommended • Smith & Wesson • Hoyt • Smith & Wesson • Glock • Easton Arrow • Glock 3220 Pondorado Rd, Camino • Primos • Diamond • Primos (530) 644-0345 (Just off Hwy 50 in Apple Hill. Take Camino Heights exit. 530-621-4500 • 3000 Mosquito Rd., Placerville Turn left at Sierra Blanca. Look for Log Cabin.) On the corner of Mosquito & Broadway Visit our website SierraBanquetCenter.com Shop online at www.MosquitoCreekOutfitter.com
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U-PicK cherries & Berries • Cherries • Raspberries • Olallie • Marion HONEY • Boysenberries • Blueberries AmericAn river cherry co. 2240 Dias Drive, Placerville (530) 626-3881 • www.cherryco.com Open Sunday to Friday
El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 19 Come Explore the Exciting Adventure Loop www.eldoradoadventureloop.com
tart your Gold Rush Country adventure in SNorthern El Dorado County. Find your treasure along the loop from Highway’s 49 & 193 & Marshall Road (between Auburn & Placerville) • EAT! Great Food • DRINK! Our own wines & brews • EXPLORE! Our historic towns • SHOP! Our quaint country stores • DRIVE! Our scenic roads • STAY! At our unique Inn’s, cabins, camp- grounds & hotels • PLAY! Rafting, hiking, biking & equestrian trails & more
“Where History Meets Adventure” The Divide is an adventure, offering endless recreational opportunities for experiencing nature’s wonder firsthand. We hope you will enjoy your visit and share your experience with others. Send us your photos taken along the Ad- venture Loop and we will post them on the Adventure Loop website. The Adventure Loop is brought to you by the Divide Chamber of Commerce. To learn more about local businesses, go to the Chamber website. The Adventure Loop is brought to you by The Divide Chamber of Commerce
530-208-3262 www.dividechamber.com
Map created by David Nessl and donated to the Divide community of El Dorado County by Elke Schlosser, 2013
20 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 21 HISTORIC TOWNS
Placerville istorically known as “Hangtown,” Placerville is a charming town rich with history named after the placer gold deposits found in its Hriver beds and hills during the Gold Rush of the 1840s. Today, the Bell Tower serves as a gathering place for parades, celebrations, and other Historic Main Street events. Placerville Hardware “Oldest Hardware store west of the Mississippi is a must see.
Georgetown “Pride of the Mountains” —
ain Street looks much as it did long ago with its wide streets and historic buildings. It’s a bit off the beaten path but the small town Mhospitality, a thriving arts community, quaint shops and growing food scene is well worth the trip. Georgetown is home to the Jeepers Jamboree, “the Granddaddy of them all” considered the oldest, toughest and largest organized event off roading event in the world along the Rubicon Trail.
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Wildflower Hike CRONAN RANCH REGIONAL TRAILS PARK
ocated in Pilot Hill, California. The Park contains miles of trails for hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, bird watching Land other passive recreation. The borders of the Park follow the South Fork American River, Highway 49, Pedro Hill Road and private lands. The Park is open daily from sunrise to sunset year round. Spring wildflowers on the ranch are not to be missed.
Favorite Waterfall Hike Horsetails Falls Hike Location: Strawberry, Desolation Wilderness, El Dorado National Forest County Stream: Pyramid Creek Distance: 2.8 miles Elevation: 6100 ft. (+700 ft.) Season: Apr-Sep Fall Color Directions: Along Hwy #50 at Twin Bridges, 2 n early October dedicated leaf peepers head to miles east of Strawberry. Carson Pass and Hope Valley where great hillsides of $5 parking fee here. quaking aspen flame brilliant gold, with occasional hints of orange. The dark blue high-elevation skies, orsetail Falls can be seen cascading down the I mountain from busy Highway 50 on the way craggy snow-dusted peaks and greenish-black conifers to South Lake Tahoe. It is especially impressive offer beautiful contrasts. Hin springtime during snow-melt. Follow the signs In lower elevations fall color is at its best between late to the wilderness boundary (not the Pyramid Creek October and early December. Enjoy the spectacular loop trail). At the boundary, you will need to fill out a view along the American River as well as the many permit to continue up to the waterfall. It is only a 1.4 mile hike but it takes about 45 minutes to an hour. stands of colorful trees along Hwy 49 through This spectacular display of water rushing down the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in Coloma mountainside is worth it. heading north toward Auburn. The bountiful backroads of the Apple Hill Growers provide quite a show as well. The grapevines are lovely, as are the Liquid Ambers, the Japanese Maples and the Chinese Pistachios. 26 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide GOING FISHING
Legend: RB – Rainbow Trout, BT – Brook Trout, BN – Brown Trout, CT – Cutthroat Trout, L – Lahontan, LK – Lake Trout, K – Kokanee. Streams & Rivers South Fork: RB, BT, BN Middle Fork American: RB, BT, BN Silver Fork American: RB, BT, BN Rubicon River: RB, BT, BN Caples Creek: RB, BT, BN Consumnes River: RB, BT, BN Gerle Creek: RB, BN Camp Creek: RB, BN Lakes Jenkinson (Sly Park): RB, BN, LT, Bass Union Valley: RB, BN, LT, BT, K, Bass Ice House: RB, BT, BN Loon Lake: RB, BT, BN Echo Lake: RB, BT, CT (L), K Wrights Lake: RB, BT, BN Finnon Lake: Bass Georgetown Lake: Bass Folsom Lake: Bass Cameron Park Lake: Bass
Source data: Ralph Cutter, Sierra Trout Guide and USDA Forest Service, ENF.
This is an angler’s paradise! he various streams and creeks in El Dorado County hold more trout than most people think. You Tcan find a map showing all of the named streams and creeks on the west slope of El Dorado County simply by visiting eldoradotu.org. Once there you can select your favorite stream, then check the fish index attached which shows you the type of trout you can expect to find on the end of your line when fishing that water. All streams that drain into the American River watershed are open year round with certain restrictions.
PHOTO: EL DORADO TROUT UNLIMITED El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 27 LAKE TAHOE
ake Tahoe is a world- Lclass year around vacation destination located along the eastern edge of El Dorado County. While hotels and ski resorts draw millions of guests each year, the area’s main attraction continues to be the restful silence of the wilderness and the awe- inspiring beauty of the Lake. As the Washoe Elevation: The average surface of Lake Tahoe is 6,229 feet above sea Indians realized centuries ago, the “edge of level. The highest peak rising directly the lake” is a unique and special place. from the shoreline is Mt. Tallac at 9,735 feet. The highest point in the Tahoe Basin is Freel Peak at 10,881 feet.
Volume: Lake Tahoe contains an estimated 39.75 trillion gallons or 122 million acre-feet of water. That’s enough water to cover the entire state of California to a depth of 14.5”.
Purity: The water in Lake Tahoe is 99.7% pure, about the same as distilled water. A white dinner plate can be seen at 78’ below the surface. PHOTOS: HEAVENLYY LAKE TAHOE LAKE HEAVENLYY PHOTOS:
things to do Skiing Snowboarding Snowshoeing Sledding Tubing Hiking Biking Boating Fishing Beaches Golfing Camping Spas Shopping Emerald Bay
28 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Voted #1 Hot Dogs, Burgers & Mother Lode Motel Fries in El Dorado County Placerville, California TRING The Mother Lode Motel is located in S Placerville in the heart of Gold Country. HOE It is 45 miles east of downtown S Sacramento, 55 miles west of South ...famous Lake Tahoe and close to Apple Hill. Chili Dogs Enjoy our newly renovated rooms and Pastrami relax in our pool. We provide many & Burgers Point View Dr. Exit off Hwy 50 of the amenities found in larger hotel 1940 Broadway, Placerville, CA 95667 chains, but at the budget 530-622-0895 rates you’re looking for. OPEN 7 days a week www.placervillemotherlodemotel.com (530) 622-7125 • 1320 Broadway • Placerville
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El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 29 Hooverville Orchards Open Year Round Daily 9-5 / Sunday 10-5 Taste the Difference of Tree Ripened Fruit • Fully stocked with seasonal fresh fruits Year Round! • Beautiful Serene Picnic Grounds • Everything Grown and Made on Site! • Aviary with Peacocks and Exotic Pheasants • Bake Shop ~ Fresh Pies and Pastries on the weekends year round and daily during the busy summer months... with the largest pie selection in El Dorado County! Ice Cream, too! • Call ahead for a Fresh Baked Pie anytime! Frozen Pies are always available • Jams, Jellies, Preserves and Apple Butters - Largest selection of flavors in California State!
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Handmade and imported 100% Alpaca apparel! “Shopping … did someone Ranch & Gift Shoppe say shopping? El Dorado County’s First Alpaca Ranch! My Open for Sales Handmade by local Seniors & Imported Products SuperGlidePicker.com MyYummyAlpacaSocks.com Hand and mill-spun Blankets & Throws, Hats, yarns, and raw fiber. Rugs to Teddy Gloves, Long Johns, Bears and more! Sweaters, Slippers, Socks BROKERING & AGISTING and Much More! Sales of Friendly, Calm, Breeding & 530-620-1415 Pet Fiber Alpacas www.retiredicealpacas.com Full Time Open Year Round 6 days a week, 10 am - 5 pm Working Ranch (Closed Wednesday’s) 6899 Mt. Aukum Road • Fair Play / Somerset See our listing E-mail: [email protected] on Page 45.
30 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park Discover the Gold Rush Hwy 49 Coloma, CA Between Placerville & Auburn Visit Sutter’s Mill where gold was discovered in 1848 Events Coloma Gold Rush Live - Sept. 15-18, 2016 FEATURING: • Gold Panning * Coincides with World Gold Panning Championships in Placerville • Town Tours Historic Holiday Houses - Dec. 10-11, 2016 • Jr. Ranger Gold Discovery Day - Jan. 21, 2017 • Nature Walk • Living History Open every day excluding • Blacksmith Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day • Mercantile • Museum For special event requests, picnic reservations, or for • Picnicing weddings in one of our historic churches • School Groups Email: [email protected] Welcome! For More Information 530-622-3470 www.parks.ca.gov/marshallgold Like Us On Facebook www.marshallgold.org
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El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 31 THE HORSE WHISPERER (1999) THE HORSE Forest National Eldorado Campground, 28. PiPi (2000) ALMOST FAMOUS Trail 29. Mormon Immigrant ADVENTURE (2010) FAMILY JACK’S Kyburz Flat, 30. China WHITE AIR (2007) Forest National Eldorado Tahoe, at 32. Sierra (2007) ACES SMOKIN’ Tahoe South Lake 34. Stateline, LAST WEEKEND (2014) Tahoe 35. Barton South Lake Memorial Hospital, CITY OF ANGELS (1999) Tahoe South Lake Lake, Leaf 36. Fallen Tahoe South Lake Bay, 40. Emerald (1995) THE BODYGUARD Tahoe South Lake Lake, Leaf 37. Fallen CALLEDA PLACE HOME (2004) South Lake Site, Historic Tallac Estate, 39. Pope Tahoe (1994) COBB Park State Point Mansion, Sugar41. Erhman Pine THE DEEP END (2001) Tahoe of Lake Shore West 89 42. Highway *Out of sequence THE INVITED (2010) 19. Placerville Cemetery 21. Crystal Camino* Springs, OUT OF THE WOODS (2005) Placerville Main Street, 20. Restaurant, THE RETRIEVERS (2001) 21. City of Placerville Mill* Lumber 24. Camino FORGOTTEN (2005) GONE BUT NOT 22. Placerville Main Street Courthouse, 180 (2011) Ridge23. Shadow Ranch Tahoe* Beach, Richardson South Lake 33. Camp (2009) ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE Pines Ranch,26. Ghost Mountain Pollock NTY DO COU A BUSHWHACKED (1995) BUSHWHACKED of the American River 13. South Fork Forest* National 31. Eldorado (2001) SOFTLY COMES LOVE Ranch, Hill Pilot 14. Cronin MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (2005) of the American River Ranch, South Fork 15. Cronin THE DIVIDE (2016) Saloon,16. Milestone Cool BREAKDOWN (1997) Area Recreation State 17. Auburn (1996) GOOD LUCK 18. Georgetown (1984) (1994) doom
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El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 33 High Hill Ranch 1 Fishing Pond From our Orchard to your table!
We have a wide variety of goodies in our Apple Stand Apple Butter • Preserves • Syrups • Much More! HUGE assortment of homemade baked goods & treats Pies • Cakes • Donuts • Fritters • Streudel • Cobblers High Hill Ranch Turnovers • Caramel Apples • Too many to list! Pumpkin Patch Outback BBQ and other hearty meals BBQ Chicken • Outback BBQ Tri-Tip • Taco Cantina Enjoy our Specialty Wines Apple Wine • Pomegranate Cherry Wine Grape Wine ~ High Hill Golden Nectar Ranch Red • Barbera • Rosé Wine Shop Unique Gift Shops • 90+ Craft Vendors Featuring Two Rivers Hard Cider • Expresso Bar Something for everybody Relax by our famous trout fishing pond and enjoy lunch on our patio deck and picnic area.
PONY RIDES HAYRIDES Monday, Friday, Hayrides are on Weekends only Saturday & Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Weather permitting Weather permitting Thank You for Voting Us BEST
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to Labor Day Every Year! 22 0 1 05 Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. We are Open Until Christmas Eve Hayrides 2901 High Hill Rd., Placerville • (530) 644-1973
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Main Street Farmers’ Market Now Accepting EBT
El Dorado County Farm Trails received a grant lessons. EDC Farm trails would like to thank the from the USDA to improve our EBT participation. USDA and the many prominent members of the EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) CalFresh community that wrote letters of support to the Benefits or Food Stamps as some refer USDA on EDC Farm Trails behalf. Without your to them are happily accepted at the Main letters of support we would not have been Street Farmers’ Market. Because of the able to accomplish this community outreach. grant we are able to have a dedicated The Main Street Farmers’ Market specializes booth at the market where EBT recipients in local fruits and vegetables, sustainable can use their benefits and receive tokens to agriculture and community. We have live music, fresh spend at the booths just like cash. This not produce, and all farmers happily accept EBT! Check us out only gives patrons more access to locally grown fruits and on facebook.com/main-street-farmers-market. The market veggies it also helps the local farmer. runs from June thru Sept. every wed. evening 4pm till dusk EDC Farm Trails also plans to use some of the money (7:30 ish) and is located around the Historic Bell Tower on to increase awareness of the night time market and plan Main Street (401 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667). more special events like cooking demos and nutrition
This project has been funded at least in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 35 BEST WESTERN PLUS Placerville
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Come visit one, or visit several, of the more than thirty-five “choose and cut” Christmas Tree Farms in beautiful El Dorado County. EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS EL DORADO COUNTY FARM
A perfect forest green, fresh and fragrant tree awaits your family’s discovery. A tree farm in El Dorado County would be the perfect place to continue, or to start a family tradition that will create memories that will last well beyond the holiday season. www.ChooseAndCut.com
36 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide On the Road with “The Quilt Trail Project”
“The Quilt Trail Project” In the year following the began in late 2014 when a inaugural barn quilt story group of quilting, art, history and installation, many have and agri-tourism enthusiasts realized what gems they are began discussing Suzi Parron’s and we cannot tell the stories “Barn Quilts and the American of gratitude and meaning fast Quilt Trail Movement” book. enough. The charter members “hit the El Dorado County Farm trail,” so to speak, with historic Trails Association merged quilting patterns, paint “The Quilt Trail Project” into brushes, wooden canvases, and the agri-tourism fold in March dynamic, cohesive action, to 2015 so that they now enjoy share the idea of making “The mutual compatibility, depth, EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS Quilt Trial Project” a reality in interest and commerce with El Dorado County. additional visual beauty. Since then, a El Dorado County Farm Trails and The Quilt number of barn Trail Project have the enthusiastic support quilts, which are of the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce, El hand-painted Dorado County Farm Bureau, El Dorado Arts works, have been Council and many others. installed on local buildings and in Beautiful and historic El Dorado County gardens throughout welcomes your visit. As you stop along the way, El Dorado County. see if there is a barn quilt to enjoy so you can The art is meant learn first-hand what kind of kinship to land to adorn, and and family they represent. complement, old barns, historic buildings, gardens and elsewhere. Not only do they enhance the countryside, barn quilts draw attention with their vivid colors and historic quilt patterns--each one is a story waiting to unfold. The historic meaning and background of the barn quilts provide glimpses of Americana heritage in beautiful colors and patterns and are typically sized in 3 or 4 foot squares to provide maximum visibility.
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Lake Tahoe
Emerald Bay Rd
Brown Rubicon Mountain Peak Phillips Tells Keller Rd Peak Ski Run Blvd
Peak Glenwood
Maggies 50 Way Cascade McConnell Peak Venice Dr Lake Fallen Leaf Rd Peak South Silver Desolation Lake TahoeBlvd Lake Tahoe Wentworth Springs Rd Wilderness Mount Greenwood Balderston Rd Peak Area Tallac Wentworth Springs Rd 193 Fallen Leaf Pioneer Trl Greenwood Rd 193 Rockbound Cathedral Lake Lake Tahoe Blvd
Cool Pass Dick’s Peak N Upper Truckee Rd Marshall Rd Union Valley Ice House Rd Emerald Bay Rd Twin Pines Peak 49 Loop Reservoir Black Oak
Garden Mine Rd Road Ridge Darling
Valley Hackomiller Rd Garden Valley Rd 193 Pyramid Meyers Wrights Lake Rd Un Rd N Peak Pilot EL DORADO Hill 49 Traverse Wrights Lake Rd Marshall Rd Creek Rd
Rattlesnake Bar Rd Coloma Swansboro Echo Hidden Lake Dr Spanish Flat Rd Bassi Rd Kelsey Mosquito Rd Summit
Fly Rd Fly Strawberry Shoo COUNTY Coloma Rd Bayne Rd 193EAst El Dorado County Lower Rock Creek Rd FARM TRAIL LISTINGS edc-farmtrails.org Lake Dr 50 89 Dias Dr Lotus RdThompson Kyburz Hill Rd 25 Hidden Springvale 49 Tyrrel Ln 816 Valley Ln Cable Rd Blair Rd Luneman Rd 29 84 Lotus 162 Rd Union Fruitridge RdHassler Rd Larsen Dr Salmon Falls Rd Gold Hill Rd Ridge Rd Mace Rd Pony Express Tr 26 High 22 18 115 Bedford Ave 56 6 Hill Rd 17 89 Wallace Rd Canal St N Canyon Rd 40 10 Cold Springs Rd Jacquier Rd133 3 157 1 E16 Mosquito Rd 815 23 32 39 163 38 41 55 814 50 Pollock 124 Carson Rd Carson Rd 812 152 153 Pines Smith Flat Rd 151 Silver Fork Rd Deer Valley Rd Placerville Dr 154 156 160 Hope Folsom 155 Sundance Tr Broadway Newtown Rd 100 Camino Jenkinson Lake Green Valley Rd Valley Missouri Flat Rd Cedar Ravine Rd Main St StarkesLegend Grade Rd Lake Fort Jim Rd
Rescue N Shingle Rd Fruits/veggies Wineries/breweries Placerville Snows Rd Flowers/herbs/ Associate members Mormon Emigrant Trl Pleasant nurseries Pet friendly El Dorado Green Valley Rd 806 Pumpkins/ Farm Trail Hills Blvd Cameron Park Dr Valley Rd Greenhills Rd Freeway Exits Shingle Christmas trees Capps Crossing Rd
Springs Dr El Dorado Rd Dr Quarry Animals Quilt Trail Cambridge Sly Park Rd
Enterprise Rd Rd Meder Rd #1 High Hill Ranch Pleasant #29 High Sierra Iris & Wedding Gardens Pleasant 2901 High Hill Rd., Placerville. Apples, pears, Fuyu persimmons,Woodland jams, Dr jellies, pie, hamburgers, Valley B.B.Q. Rd 3170 Hassler Rd. Camino. Premier outdoor wedding gardens in Apple Hill® Growner area. We have chicken. Labor Day weekend-Dec. 24, daily, 8-5. Bus. Picnic. Trout fishing. Hay rides. Pony rides. 530- added a BBQ Garden for your catering – no charge. Visit us before you book your wedding venue. 530- Greenstone Rd Greenstone Valley Rd Leisure Ln. El Dorado Shingle 644-1973. www.highhillranch1.net 642-1222. Email: [email protected]. www.weddingsnflowers.comFour Springs Tr Bass Lake Rd Ponderosa Rd Diamond Happy Hills Cameron Springs #3 Boa Vista Orchards Bucks Bar Rd #30 Barsotti Family Juice Company Springs2952 Carson Rd. Placerville. FreshHanks fruit & vegetables,Exchange Bakery, Rd. Deli, fresh Apple Cider, Pantry, wine tast- 2239 Hidden Valley Lane, Camino. Freshly pressed juices, lemonades and ciders. Look for our juices Valley Park ing. Picnic area, extra parking. (Arts & Crafts weekends fall season only.) Open year round 9-5. Since at Apple Hill™ ranches and Pleasantin the produce section of your local supermarket. Wholesale only. Mother Lode 1917. Find us on Facebook. 530-622-5522. www.boavista.com 530-622-4629. www.barsottijuice.comValley 50 Dr #6 Madroña Vineyards #32 Boeger Winery 2560 High Hill Rd., Placerville. Taste and appreciate our premium, estate-grown wines. Tasting daily 1709 Carson Rd., Placerville. Wine tasting all year round. Picnic area, blacksmith shop. Open 10-5 daily. Butte Creek Rd 11-5. Picnic area. 530-644-5948. www.madronavineyards.com 530-622-8094. www.boegerwinery.com Grizzly EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS EL DORADO COUNTY FARM Durock Rd #10 Rainbow Orchards #38 Abel’s Apple Acres Flat 2569 Larsen Rd. Camino. Berries, peaches, winter squash, Indian corn, apples,Somerset pears, cider mill, bake 2345 Carson Rd. Placerville. Apples, Bake Shop, Fudge, Caramel Apples, Café, Gift Store, Craft Faire, shop, jams, preserves, HOT apple cider donuts, picnic area, music, BBQ, crafts. Sept. – Dec. 530-644- Capps Crossing Rd Diablo Trl Pony/Horse Rides, Hay Maze, Pond Area. Open Labor Day Weekend to Christmas Eve. 530-626-0138. 1594. www.rainboworchards.net Email: [email protected]. www.abelsappleacres.com Old French Town Rd Boo Bear Ln #17 Grandpa’s Cellar #39 Goldbud Farms 2360 Cable Road, Camino. 17 varieties of apple pie, dumplings, strudel, crisp, no sugar added items, 2501 CarsonMeyers Rd., Placerville. Ln Open 6/1-12/20. Peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots, pears, apples & gluten free crisp, syrups, jams, Daily 10-5 Labor Day Weekend to Mid December. Reserve a pie online. Holly Dr grapes. 530-626-6521. www.goldbudfarms.com 49 530-644-2153. www.grandpascellar.com #40 Fudge Factory Farm #18 O’Halloran’s Apple Trail Ranch 2860 HighPerry Hill Rd. Placerville. Creek OrganicRd Apples, Raspberries,Gray Blueberries, and Blackberries.Grizzly Flat Apple, Rd Rasp- French Creek Rd 2261 Cable Road, Camino. We offer a variety of activitiesSand forRidge the whole Rd family that last from early berry and Blackberry wine. Fudge tasting. Hand-madeRock Rd chocolates. Christmas trees. Picnic area and Union Mine Rd September through the holidays. We have crisp, juicy apples, tree-ripened pears, acres of pumpkin child play area. Open September thru mid-December. 530-644-3492. www.fudgefactoryfarm.comVineyard View Dr patch to pick right of the vine and Christmas Trees. Hike our natural trail and have a picnic in the Fairplay Rd orchard. 530-644-3389. www.ohalloranranch.com #41 Pine O’ Mine 2620 Carson Rd. Placerville. U-Pick blueberries: June & July. U-Pick raspberries: July & Aug. U-Pick #22 Argyres Orchard apples (Fuji, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith): Sept. – Nov. U-Pick pumpkins Sept. & Oct. 4220 North Canyon Road, Camino. You-pick apples in 1/2 bushel boxes (Golden Delicious, Rome). You-Pick Con- 530- 344-0288. www.pineomine.com Slug Gultch Rd cord Grapes 2 lb. & 5 lb. pails. Weights approximate - no scale. Taste while picking. 530-644-3862 Latrobe Rd S Shingle Rd #46 Collina di Mela #25 Wofford Acres Vineyards Mount Aukum Rd 1925 CarsonMarestail Rd., Placerville. Rd We sell award winning olive oil produced from Tuscan olive varieties. 1900 Hidden Valley Lane, Camino. Premium wine tasting, beautiful picnic grounds. Hard Apple Cider. We also sell lavender and a variety of lavender products.Fair 530-626-5037. Play Email: rjsbragia@sbcglobal. Open Sat. & Sun. year round. Call for weekday hours. 530-626-6858. www.wavwines.com net. www.collinadimelaoliveoil.comStoney Creek Rd #26 Lava Cap Winery & Vineyards #55 Grace Patriot Wines Omo Ranch 2221 Fruitridge Rd., Placerville. Wine tasting room with fabulous views and picnic grounds overlooking the 2701 Carson Road, Placerville. Located on a scenic historic ranch that includes a landmark red barn Brandon Rd vineyards. Open daily 10-5, except major holidays. 530-621-0175. Email: [email protected] and restored 1885 ranch house. Guests are invited to savor full-bodied reds in a dramatic vine- www.lavacap.com yard setting. Open Wed.–Monday, 11–5. 530-642-8424. Email: [email protected]. Omo Ranch Rd www.gracepatriotwines.com Omo Ranch Rd
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Cedar Creek Rd. EAst El Dorado County
FARM TRAIL LISTINGS edc-farmtrails.org
#56 Bluestone Meadow Farm #133 Smokey Ridge Farmstand & Winery 2025 Carson Road, Placerville. A lavender and pumpkin farm providing u-pick opportunities, craft making and 2160 Carson Road, Placerville. Tree ripened apples, chestnuts, pears; gourmet preserves, wine. lavender products. 2500 lavender plants will have blooms in June. We grow specialty pumpkins for both cooking Event and wedding rental available. Open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, year round. 530-626-5077. and decoration. Farm oriented actvities are available for the young and young at heart during October. Open www.smokeyridgeranch.com weekends in June and October. 530-621-1830. www.bluestonemeadow.com #151 Illuminare Estate Winery #84 Harris Tree Farm 3500 Carson Rd., Camino. A boutique family winery featuring limited production of “enlightened” 2640 Blair Road, Pollock Pines. U-pick apples and berries, apple cider, pies & turnovers, jams, u-pick wines. Tasting room in the Camino Wine Tasting Plaza. Open Fri.-Sun. 11-5. 530-306-3873. pumpkins, vegetables, fresh eggs, choose and cut Christmas trees, wreaths, picnic area, nature www. illuminarewinery.com trail, kids activities. June-Aug., Thur. – Sun., 9-4:30; Sept.-Dec. 24, 9-4:30 daily. 530-644-2194. www.harristreefarm.com #152 Jodar Vineyards & Winery 3405 Carson Ct. Placerville. Join us in our beautiful Sierra foothills tasting room and experience fabu- #89 Crystal Creek Tree Farm lous wines from our vineyard and locally sourced grapes. Enjoy a picnic on the “green” and enjoy wine 2019 Cable Road, Camino. Noble Firs, Silver Tips, Blue Spruce, Nordman, Doug Firs, Freshly made tasting at its finest. Open daily 11-5. 530-644-3474. www.jodarvineyards.com wreaths. Wooded setting with picnic area, Open Nov 19 until sold out. 9:30 - dusk. 530-644-4647 or 530-644-7014. www.caminotrees.com #153 Chateau Davell Winery 3550 Carson Road #E, Camino. Chateau Davell is a family-run boutique winery, vineyard and #100 Camino Ridge farm. We focus on healthy farming and grow pumpkins, vegetables, heirloom tomatoes and 3010 Snows Road, Camino. You-Pick blueberries. Call 530-644-1594, check Rainbow Orchards face- also offer a picnic area. Our cozy tasting room in Camino is open daily 11- 5. 530-644-2016. book or www.rainboworchards.net for days, hours, and availability of berries. www.chateaudavell.com #115 Hangtown Kid Apple Orchard #154 diVittorio Winery 2598 Mace Rd. Camino. U-Pick apples, pears & persimmons. Also, chestnuts, honey & choose-n-cut
3500 Carson Road, Camino. Wine Plaza, Camino. A family-owned business, Al & Sally are the wine- EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS Christmas trees. Call for ripening dates. Thurs.–Sun., 10–5, mid-Sept. to Thanksgiving. Daily the day after makers and all the grapes are locally grown in El Dorado County. Come see us at the Plaza and try our Thanksgiving til mid-Dec. 530-647-1810. [email protected] great Ports and fine red wines. 530-621-2166 Fax: 530-626-8941. www.divittoriowinery.com #124 24 Carrot Farm #155 Findleton Estate Winery 2731 Jacquier Road, Placerville. We grow organic fruits and vegetables on 13 acres in the Apple 3500 Carson Road, Camino. Open 7 days a week 11-5 year round at Carson Road exit in Camino. Gold Hill™ grower area. We are actively restoring the land and operating with passion and ethics. Come medal wines, original artwork, barrel tasting, picnic area, and summer music events. Tasting room: visit our farm stand, pumpkin patch, u-pick apple orchard, sign up for our CSA or send us a message! 530-644-4018. Office: 530-644-0714. www.finzinwines.com Jun.-Sept. 2-6; Thur. & Fri. 3-6; Sept. 3 Mon.-Fri. 3-6; Sat. & Sun. 9-6. 510-828-6538. www.facebook. com/24carrot More East Member Listing on next page
Free Samples Available Always
❤ Handmade Fudge & Chocolates ❤ Over 15 Kinds of Candy Coated Apples ❤ Homemade Jams ❤ Fresh Baked Hand Pies ❤ Kids’ Play Area & Farm Animals ❤ Raspberry, Blackberry, & Apple Wine ❤ Fresh picked organic apples, raspberries, blackberries, & blueberries (when in season) ll made an ! A d grown here #40 2860 High Hill Road, Placerville (530) 644-3492 • www.fudgefactoryfarm.com Love Open September 1 through mid December at first Private wine tastings and seasonal fruit available April through August by appointment bite!
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Lake Tahoe
Emerald Bay Rd
Brown Rubicon Mountain Peak Phillips Tells Keller Rd Peak Ski Run Blvd
Peak Glenwood
Maggies 50 Way Cascade McConnell Peak Venice Dr Lake Fallen Leaf Rd Peak South Silver Desolation Lake TahoeBlvd Lake Tahoe Wentworth Springs Rd Wilderness Mount Greenwood Balderston Rd Peak Area Tallac Wentworth Springs Rd 193 Fallen Leaf Pioneer Trl Greenwood Rd 193 Rockbound Cathedral Lake Lake Tahoe Blvd
Cool Pass Dick’s Peak N Upper Truckee Rd Marshall Rd Union Valley Ice House Rd Emerald Bay Rd Twin Pines Peak 49 Loop Reservoir Black Oak
Garden Mine Rd Road Ridge Darling
Valley Hackomiller Rd Garden Valley Rd 193 Pyramid Meyers Wrights Lake Rd Un Rd N Peak Pilot EL DORADO Hill 49 Traverse Wrights Lake Rd Marshall Rd Creek Rd
Rattlesnake Bar Rd Coloma Swansboro Echo Hidden Lake Dr Spanish Flat Rd Bassi Rd Kelsey Mosquito Rd Summit
Fly Rd Fly Strawberry Shoo COUNTY Coloma Rd Bayne Rd 193EAst El Dorado County Lower Rock Creek Rd FARM TRAIL LISTINGS edc-farmtrails.org Lake Dr 50 89 Dias Dr Lotus RdThompson Kyburz Hill Rd 25 Hidden Springvale 49 Tyrrel Ln 816 Valley Ln Cable Rd Blair Rd Luneman Rd 29 84 Lotus 162 Rd Union Fruitridge RdHassler Rd Larsen Dr Salmon Falls Rd Gold Hill Rd Ridge Rd Mace Rd Pony Express Tr 26 High 22 18 115 Bedford Ave 56 Hill Rd 89 6 40 10 17 Wallace Rd Canal St 46 N Canyon Rd Cold Springs Rd Jacquier Rd133 3 157 1 E16 Mosquito Rd 815 23 32 39 163 38 41 55 814 50 Pollock 124 Carson Rd Carson Rd 812 152 153 Pines Smith Flat Rd 151 Silver Fork Rd Deer Valley Rd Placerville Dr 154 156 160 Hope Folsom 155 Sundance Tr Broadway Newtown Rd 100 Camino Jenkinson Lake Green Valley Rd Valley Missouri Flat Rd Cedar Ravine Rd Main St StarkesLegend Grade Rd Lake Fort Jim Rd
Rescue N Shingle Rd Fruits/veggies Wineries/breweries Placerville Snows Rd Flowers/herbs/ Associate members Mormon Emigrant Trl Pleasant nurseries Pet friendly El Dorado Green Valley Rd 806 Pumpkins/ Farm Trail Hills Blvd Cameron Park Dr Valley Rd Greenhills Rd Freeway Exits Shingle Christmas trees Capps Crossing Rd
Springs Dr El Dorado Rd Dr Quarry Animals Quilt Trail Cambridge Sly Park Rd
Enterprise Rd Rd Meder Rd Pleasant #814 Camino Hotel – Bed & Breakfast Inn Pleasant #156 Bumgarner Winery Woodland Dr Valley Rd 3550 Carson Road #B, Camino. Bumgarner Winery produces rich red wines and hard ciders. Come enjoy 4103 Carson Road, Camino. The inn has 10 rooms, 6 with private baths, 4 shared. Family suites also
Greenstone Rd Greenstone Valley Rd El Dorado Shingle our lovely grounds with wine by the glass and gourmet picnic fare. 530-303-3418. info@Bumgarner available. IncludesLeisure hot Ln. breakfast. 530-644-1800. Email: [email protected] Springs Tr www.caminohotel.com Bass Lake Rd Ponderosa Rd DiamondWinery.com www.bumgarnerwinery.com Happy Hills Cameron Springs Bucks Bar Rd #815 Apple Mountain Golf Resort Springs#157 Carson Ridge EvergreensHanks Exchange Rd. 3455 Carson Road, Camino. Restaurant Breakfast & Lunch, Banquet Facilities Available. 18 hole course. Valley Park 3041 Carson Road, Placerville. Choose & Cut Christmas trees, wreaths & greenery. Open day after Practice facilities. BreathtakingPleasant views. Open Year Round. 530-647-7400. Email: rosem@applemountain- Mother Lode Thanksgiving until sold out. 9am – dark, weekends only. 530-644-1490. Email: carsonridge@hotmail. golfresort.com. www.applemountaingolfresort.comValley 50 Dr com. www.carsonridgeevergreens.com #816 Green Chef Press #160 Crystal Basin Cellars and Bistro 1523 Highland Drive, Placerville. Betty Albert, author, journalist and certified Naturopath, owns Green Butte Creek Rd 3550 Carson Road, Camino. Crystal Basin Cellars & Bistro features wines and great food – all local! Chef Press — Farm to Table Publisher of materials related to food, farming, health and the environment. Grizzly Durock Rd TRAILS EL DORADO COUNTY FARM Simply, we’re more fun with better stuff. Open 7 days at 11am. 530-647-1767. 530-626-5628. Email: [email protected]. www.greenchefpress.com Flat #162 Sierra Magnifica Christmas Tree Farm Somerset #830 North Canyon Inn Bed & Breakfast 3901 North Canyon Road, Camino. Luxury bed and breakfast in the heart of the Apple Hill Growers Area. Capps Crossing Rd Diablo Trl 2500 Hassler Road, Placerville. Open daily 9 – 4:30. Silver Tip, White Fir, Douglas Fir, Swift Silver, fresh hand- made wreaths, fireplaces, packaging available. Complimentary candy canes, hot drinks, boughs. 530-622-0203. 530-957-6952. www.northcanyoninn.com Old French Town Rd www.sierramagnificatrees.com Boo Bear Ln #163 Smarts Christmas Tree Farm Meyers Ln
Holly Dr 4401 Pony Express Trail, Camino. Christmas trees – open day after Thanksgiving. Mon.-Fri. 11 - 4:45, Sat. & Sun. 9 - 4:45. 14 acres of Silver Tip, Noble Fir, White Fir & Douglas Fir. Fresh pre-cuts Silver Tip 49 and wreaths. Snack bar. Credit/debit/cash/checks accepted. 530-644-0829. www.smartschristmas- Gray Grizzly Flat Rd trees.com Perry Creek Rd French Creek Rd Sand Ridge Rd Rock Rd Union Mine Rd #806 The Davies Family Inn at Shadow Ridge Ranch Vineyard View Dr 3700 Fort Jim Road, Placerville. Our Bed and Breakfast Inn preserves the rustic elegance of an 1800s Fairplay Rd era log cabin homestead with modern conveniences in a setting both revitalizing and tranquil. Our events center is modern and beautiful. 530-295-1000. www.daviesfamilyinn.com #810 Friends Honey Slug Gultch Rd Latrobe Rd Friends Honey and Pollination, locally owned and organic. Please call for farmers market location, S Shingle Rd 530-644-6399 Mount Aukum Rd Marestail Rd #812 Smith Flat House Fair Play 2021 Smith Flat Road #F, Placerville. Farm to Fork restaurant serving a seasonal menu featuring ingre- dients from local farms, wineries and food artisans. Delicious pizza, pasta, sandiwiches, soups, salads, Stoney Creek Rd seafood, steaks and more. Tues. - Thur. 5 - 9; Fri. 11:30 - 9; Sat. 10 - 9; Sun. 10 - 8. 530-621-1003. www. Omo Ranch Brandon Rd smithflathouse.com Omo Ranch Rd Omo Ranch Rd
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Cedar Creek Rd. Fabulous Fashions In The Foothills
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Lake Tahoe
Emerald Bay Rd
Keller Rd Ski Run Blvd
NORTH/WEST El Dorado County Glenwood 50 Way Cascade Venice Dr FARM TRAIL LISTINGS Lake Fallen Leaf Rd edc-farmtrails.org South Desolation Lake TahoeBlvd Lake Tahoe Wentworth Springs Rd Wilderness Legend Balderston Rd Greenwood 801 Area Wentworth Springs Rd Fruits/veggies Wineries/breweries 193 Fallen Leaf Flowers/herbs/ Associate members Georgetown Pioneer Trl Greenwood Rd 193 Lake Lake Tahoe Blvd nurseries Pet friendly Pumpkins/ Farm Trail Cool N Upper Truckee Rd Marshall Rd Union Valley Ice House Rd Christmas trees Freeway Exits Emerald Bay Rd Twin Pines Animals Quilt Trail 49 212 Loop Reservoir Garden Black Oak Valley Mine Rd Road Ridge Darling Hackomiller Rd 520 Garden Valley Rd 193 Meyers Prospectors Rd 526 Wrights Lake Rd Un Rd N Pilot 210 EL DORADO Hill 49 Traverse 824 Creek Rd 515 217 527 Wrights Lake Rd 818 Marshall Rd Spanish Flat Rd Rattlesnake Bar Rd Coloma Swansboro Echo Hidden Lake Dr Bassi Rd 804 825 Kelsey 508 Mosquito Rd Summit
Fly Rd Fly Strawberry Shoo COUNTY 216 808 Coloma Rd Bayne Rd 193 Lower 802 Rock Creek Rd Lake Dr 201 50 89 Dias Dr Lotus Rd 204 207 Thompson 202 Kyburz Hill Rd Hidden
Springvale 251 49 825 Tyrrel Ln Valley Ln Blair Rd Luneman Rd Lotus Cable Rd Rd Union Fruitridge RdHassler Rd Larsen Dr Salmon Falls Rd Gold Hill Rd Ridge Rd 206 High Mace Rd Pony Express Tr 807 209 Bedford Ave Hill Rd Cold SpringsWallace Rd Rd Canal St N Canyon Rd E16 Mosquito Rd Jacquier Rd 510 Carson Rd 50 Pollock 809 820 Carson Rd Pines Folsom Deer Valley Rd 831 Silver Fork Rd Hope Sundance Tr 805 Broadway Newtown Rd Camino Jenkinson Lake Green Valley Rd Valley 832 811 Cedar Ravine Rd Missouri Flat Rd Placerville Dr Main St Starkes Grade Rd Lake Fort Jim Rd
Rescue N Shingle Rd Placerville Snows Rd Mormon Emigrant Trl Pleasant El Dorado Green Valley Rd Hills Blvd Cameron Park Dr Valley Rd Greenhills Rd Shingle 50 Capps Crossing Rd
Springs Dr El Dorado Rd 250 Dr Quarry Cambridge Sly Park Rd
Enterprise Rd Rd Meder Rd Pleasant Pleasant Woodland Dr Valley Rd
Greenstone Rd Greenstone Valley Rd El Dorado Shingle Leisure Ln. Four Springs Tr Bass Lake Rd Ponderosa Rd Diamond Happy Hills Cameron Springs Bucks Bar Rd Valley Park Springs Hanks Exchange Rd. Pleasant EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS EL DORADO COUNTY FARM 203 Mother Lode Valley 50 Dr Butte Creek Rd Grizzly Durock Rd Flat Somerset Capps Crossing Rd #201 Gold Hill Vineyard & Brewery Diablo Trl #207 Lotus Bonsai Nursery and Gardens Old French Town Rd Boo Bear Ln 5660 Vineyard Lane, Placerville. Wine & beer tasting. Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, 1435 Lower Lake Drive, Placerville. A full service Bonsai nursery offering Bonsai, stock plants, supplies, Meyers Ln
Merlot, Syrah, Barbera, Zinfandel, Viognier. Picnics, weddings, parties. Spectacular views. Year round, Holly Dr gifts. Bonsai classes & workshops, fieldtrips. Annual sale last weekend of May. Call for appointment Thurs.-Sun., 10-5. 530-626-6522. Email: [email protected]. www.goldhillvineyard.com 530-622-9681. Email: [email protected] www.lotusbonsai.com Perry Creek Rd Gray Grizzly Flat Rd French Creek Rd Sand Ridge Rd Rock Rd Union Mine Rd Vineyard View Dr #202 David Girard Vineyards #209 Meyer Ranch Fairplay Rd 741 Cold Springs Road, Placerville. Wines, grapes, winery picnic area, weddings. Open daily 11-5. 530- 2280 Coloma Road, Placerville. Peaches, June–Sept.; Apples: Sept.-Dec.; Bosc, Bartlett Pears, Asian 295-1833. Email: [email protected]. www.davidgirardvineyards.com Pears: Aug.–Sept., Beef Cattle. 530-622-5881. Slug Gultch Rd
Latrobe Rd S Shingle Rd #203 El Dorado Hills Natural Farms #210 Everhart Cellars & Hart 2 Hart Vineyards Mount Aukum Rd Marestail Rd Fair Play 1941 Old Bass Lake Road, El Dorado Hills. Fruits and vegetables and free-range chicken eggs. Call for 5821 State Highway 49, Pilot Hill. Winery, Gift Shop, Weddings, Events and Vacation Home. Experience Stoney Creek Rd U-pick days. We give group tours and have many schools visit the farm annually. 916 -719-0543. Email: our handcrafted proprietory blends, estate varietal wines and exceptional hospitality. Open Thurs.- Omo Ranch Brandon Rd [email protected]. www.edhfarms.com Sunday, 11:30-5:30. 530-885-9463. www.hart2hartvineyards.com Omo Ranch Rd #204 American River Cherry Co. #212 Lewis Cattle Company Omo Ranch Rd 2240 Dias Drive, Placerville. U-Pick Cherries: Bing, Regina, Tietan, Skeena, Summit, Rain- Natural USDA inspected free range grass fed Angus Beef. We Mt.sell 1/4, Aukum 1/2 or whole interests. Coyote Ridge Rd. ier. U-Pick Berries: Raspberries, Boysenberries, Olallieberries, Siskiyouberries,Latrobe Blueberries, Located five miles Northwest of Coloma in El Dorado County’s historic gold country. 530-306-9828. 88 Loganberries, Marionberries. Local mountain honey,Shingle Rdpicnic area, koi pond. 530-626-3881. Email: [email protected] www.americanrivercherryco.com #216 Enchanted April Inn #206 Hooverville Orchards 5950 Salmon Falls Road, Pilot Hill. French lavender available for harvesting in summer. Wine grapes Cedar Creek Rd. 1100 Wallace Road, Placerville. OPEN YEAR ROUND-DAILY! Bake Shop has pies, jams, jellies, ice cream. and olives are available for harvesting in the fall. Bed and Breakfast – Luxury lodging in the Gold Beautiful picnic grounds. Seasonal Tree Ripened fruits: cherries, berries, peaches, nectarines, plums, Country. 916-939-9144. www.enchantedaprilinn.com pluots, asian pears, apples, mandarins, oranges! 530-622-2155. Email: [email protected] #217 Columbia Flat www.hoovervilleorchards.com 6241 Garden Valley Road, Garden Valley. Seasonal fruits and vegetables, local honey, nuts, picnic tables, petting zoo. 530-295-4901. Email: [email protected] 42 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide NORTH/WEST El Dorado County FARM TRAIL LISTINGS edc-farmtrails.org
#250 Cielo Estate Winery #811 El Dorado Arts Council 3040 Ponderosa Road, Shingle Springs. Tasting Room. Beautiful outdoor gazebo and indoor reception 772 Pacific Street, Placerville. El Dorado Arts Council promotes and connects local artists and organiza- site for weddings & special events. Year round fun themed events. 530-672-8575. www.cieloestate.com tions throughout El Dorado County by providing advocacy, education, programs, and services. EDAC #251 The Bear & The Bee empowers artistic vision at all stages of development, promoting a vibrant community, both culturally 941 Cold Springs Road, Placerville. The Bear & The Bee is a small, family-owned farm that grows certified and economically, and supporting all art forms. 530-295-3496. www.eldoradoartscouncil.org organic vegetables and fruits. Check our website for details on when and where to buy our products. #818 Tributary Whitewater Tours email: [email protected] www.thebearandthebeefarm.com 6400 Highway 49. Lotus. Whitewater rafting on the American River and many others. Great discounts #452 Gold Trail Grange from 10% - 50% and trips from half-day to 3+ days. Kids from 4 years. April – Sept. 530-346-6812, 319 State Highway 49, Marshall Gold Discovery Park. Local Grange and Community Center. The Grange 800-672-3846. Email: [email protected]. www.whitewatertours.com encourages the economic & civic well-being of the community by sponsoring farmers’ markets, speak- #820 Winterhill Olive Oil ers, dances, potlucks & concerts. 530-626-1194. [email protected] 321 Main Street, Placerville. Tasting room in Historic Downtown Placerville. Certified extra virgin oils #508 North Star Tree and other local artisanal specialty food products. Open Mon-Sat 10 to 6, Sun 11 to 5. 530-626-6369. 5860 Shoo Fly Road, Kelsey. Christmas trees – all sizes, many varieties, wreaths, garland, green- www.winterhillfarms.com ery. Walking trails, picnic areas. Closed Mondays. Open Tues.-Fri. 10-4; Sat.-Sun. 9:30-4:30. Mailing #824 The Cottages on Salmon Falls address: PO Box 311, Placerville, CA 95667. 530-622-3633. 4660 Salmon Falls Road, Pilot Hill. Two individual centrally located cottages with game room, hot #510 Nello Olivo Wines tub, stables, orchard and gardens are ideal for weddings, receptions, reunions, relaxing vacations and 643 Bee Street, Placerville. Tasting at the Sequoia Restaurant. Now being acclaimed as some of the more. 925-360-5251. Email: noptotch.com. www.thecottagesonsalmonfalls.com finest wine in the state. (KCRA-TV, Sacramento) Earth-friendly practices, stand-out taste, most gold
#825 The Argonaut Farm to Fork Cafe EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS medals in region for 2012. 530-677-7905. 311 State Highway 49, (In Marshall Gold Discovery State Park) Coloma. Cozy riverfront café featuring #515 Irish Creek Ranch & Retreat organic locally sourced ingredients. Seasonal soups, salads, sandwiches, smoothies, juices, breakfast 5900 Garden Valley Road, Garden Valley. Historical “Farm Stay”. Home available for rent, two day bagels served fresh daily. 530-626-7345. www.argonautcafe.com minimum, livestock, wildlife, seasonal stream and ponds, walking trails. Orchard, fruits, olive trees, #831 Something MORE Artists Gallery blueberries, garden produce, pumpkins in season. 530-333-1177. Email: [email protected] 399 Placerville Drive, Placerville. More is a private non-profit whose vision is full inclusion for peo- #520 Berry Heaven, USA ple with developmental disabilities. We have the full range of services and believe in joining other 5170 Marshall Road, Garden Valley. A bit of heaven at Marshall Rd./Veerkamp Rd. Farm includes U-pick community partners to make this county a better place to live, work and recreate. 530-622-4848. blueberries, thornless blackberries, garden vegetables, herbs and flowers. Open Tues.-Sat. 9-6; Sun- www.morerehab.org day 11-5. 530-333-9037. www.BerryHeavenUSA.com #832 EDC Farm Bureau #526 Cal*Tex Cattle Company 2460 Headington Road, Placerville. The El Dorado County Farm Bureau is a membership organiza- 5700 Hackomiller Road, Garden Valley. El Dorado County producer of all natural grass-fed Angus Beef. tion. Our mission is to “protect, promote and enhance the economic opportunities and long-term Wholesale to retailers only. 530-333-1980. viability for El Dorado County farmers, ranchers, and foresters.” 530-622-7773. www.edcfb.com #527 Rome Valley Vineyards 5869 Traverse Creek Road, Garden Valley. Wine tasting year round by appointment only. Charming and romantic with warm Victorian elegance. Available for weddings, receptions and overnight stays. Children and pets welcome. We invite you to “Be Our Guest”. 530-295-9260. www.romevalley.com #801 American River Inn 6600 Orleans Street, Georgetown. Located conveniently between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe. 13,000 square foot historic Victorian Mansion/B&B. Featuring elegant gardens, celebrated artwork, gorgeous Victorian décor, 50-jet Jacuzzi, complimentary wine every evening. Fantastic breakfasts & nature trails too. 530-333-4499. www.americanriverinn.com #802 Bella Vista Bed & Breakfast 581 Cold Springs Road, Placerville. A luxurious hillside estate overlooking the Coloma/Lotus Valley and American River. 5 acres of ponds, streams, waterfalls, fountains, swimming lagoon and beach. Perfect wedding venue. 530-622-3456 or 530-919-4777. Email: [email protected]. www.DiscoverBellaVista.com #804 Sierra Rizing Bakery & Cafe 7310 Highway 49, Suite H, Lotus. Breakfast and lunch fare, locally roasted coffee and espresso drinks, fresh baked goods, classic to contemporary desserts, specializing in wedding cakes and catering from B.B.Q. to fine dining. Open daily. 530-642-1308. Email: [email protected]. The Grapefather www.sierrarizing.com #805 El Dorado County Veterans Memorial Building 130 Placerville Drive, Placerville. The building is home to five nationally chartered veterans organi- invites you to his wine cave at zations as well as the El Dorado County Veterans Service Office. View our Barn Quilt Square from the parking lot at the back of the building. 530-622-0533. 643 BEE STREET - just 2 blocks #807 Eden Vale Inn from Hwy 50 near downtown 1780 Springvale Road, Placerville. Named “One of America’s Top 10 Most Romantic Inns”, a luxury destination Bed & Breakfast Inn. Acres of gardens and a pond. 530-621-0901. www.EdenValeInn.com Placerville #808 Café Mahjaic Restaurant & Lotus Inn 1006 Lotus Road, Lotus. Café Mahjaic is new American cuisine. Open Wed. – Sun. 5:00 to close. Lotus Inn open 7 days a week, six private rooms. 530-622-9587. www.cafemahjaic.com #809 Placerville Natural Foods Co-Op TASTING ROOM & WINE CAVE 530-409-5603 536 Placerville Drive, Placerville. Experience a local and sustainable food co-op supporting regional farmers and produce. Excellent health products available. Delicious hot and cold high quality foods OPEN: TUE-THU 12-5 • FRI-SUN 11-7 available daily. 530-621-3663. www.placervillecoop.org
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Greenstone Rd Greenstone Springs Cabernet Way El Dorado Shingle Four Springs Tr Ponderosa Rd Fowler Rd Leisure Ln. 410 Bass Lake Rd Bucks Bar Rd Happy Hills Cameron Springs 307 441 303 Dollhouse Rd Valley Park 416 Mother Lode Somerset Loop 50 Dr Coach Ln 417 Happy Valley Rd Butte Creek Rd Grizzly Durock Rd Flat 827 Somerset 424 Rooster Ct. Nashville Trl310 423 Grizzly Flat Rd Capps Crossing Rd Diablo Trl 440 Boo Bear Ln
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#93 Windmill Creek Olive Oil #350 Chateau Rodin Vineyards & Winery Tasting Room: 8148 Mount Aukum Road in Mount Aukum (across from the Post Office). Olive Oil tasting 4771 Green Hills Road, Placerville. Award winning wines for tasting & sales; wholesale sales, and sales from locally grown olives, specialty foods & gift shop, and picnic grounds. Open weekends weddings, parties, picnics, special events, fresh tree-ripened fruits. Fresh u-pick fruit in season. 11 to 5 and by appointment. 530-620-7211 www.windmillcreek.biz 530-622-6839. #263 Placerville Fruit Growers, Inc. #355 Full Moon Farm 4600 Missouri Flat Road, Placerville. Vineyard and orchard supplies, large or small. Please call and get 3580 Big Cut Road, Placerville. Certified organic and biodynamic fruits and vegetables produced on a personal assistance for your questions. Fertilizers, pesticides, tools, trellising. Organics and conven- small family farm in the heart of Placerville. 916-580-9379. [email protected] EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS EL DORADO COUNTY FARM tional products available. Public welcome! Open weekdays 8:30-5, Sat. 9-1. 530-622-2643. #400 Alpacas of Somerset Farm #303 Up Country Ranch Full-time, full-service alpacas ranch offering ranch tours (groups or individual), alpaca sales (breed- 5220 Mt. Aukum Road, Placerville. Plums: Elephant Heart, Rosemary, Royal Diamond and Peaches — ing stock, pet/fiber/companion), herdsire services, and alpaca education/mentoring. Please call for an Call or write for dates. Montmorency cherries ripe approximately on Father’s Day. 530-644-6843. appointment. 530-620-6033. Email: [email protected]. www.alpacasofsomersetfarm.com [email protected] #401 Latcham Vineyards & Granite Springs Winery #307 Fausel Ranch 2860 Omo Ranch Road, Somerset. Open 7 Days a Week, 11:00 - 5:00. 800-750-5591. www.latcham.com 4881 Hanks Exchange at Squaw Creek, Placerville. Sweet Bing and Ranier cherries – Mid-June. Freestone #402 Perry Creek Walnuts peaches, Aug.-Sept. Beautiful outdoor wedding and reception venue. See our gazebo beside the creek. Call first: 6491 Perry Creek Road, Somerset. Organic walnuts, home grown-hand processed in shell or shelled. 530-622-4390. Open daily 9-5. 530-503-9705. Email: [email protected] #308 Narrow Gate Vineyards #405 Davis Christmas Tree Farm 4282 Pleasant Valley Road, Placerville. Demeter certified Biodynamic®Estate vineyard and tasting cellar. 7600 Fair Play Road, Fair Play. Davis has Douglas Fir, White Fir, Noble Fir, Blue Spruce, Sequoia Luscious whites, Rhone varietals/blends, Primitivo, Cabernet Sauvignon & home to Chocolate Splash! & Cedar. Fresh wreaths and traditional Christmas merchandise for sale. Zinfandel & Petit Syrah Mon & Thurs 12-4, Fri & Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5 plus extended holiday and summer hours. 530-644-6201. grapes. 530-413-TREE (8733). Email: [email protected]. www.davisvinesandpines.com narrowgatevineyards.com #406 Bluebird Haven Ranch and Iris Garden #310 Rancho de Amor Vineyard & Winery 6940 Fairplay Rd. Somerset. Open 3rd weekend in April through 3rd weekend in May. Wed. through 5241 Nashville Trail, Placerville. Small vineyard and winery, tasting room and picnic area. Open Fri.- Sun. 11-5. 4000 varieties of iris and summer vegetables. Picnic tables. Closed rainy days. 530-620- Sun. 11-5. Featuring Bordeaux varietals, (Merlot) Rosé, Viognier and Sauvingnon Blanc. 530-626- 5017. www.bluebirdhavenirisgarden.com 3941. Email: [email protected]. www.ranchodeamor.com #409 Iverson Winery #345 Holly’s Hill Vineyards 8061 Perry Creek Road, Fair Play. Our boutique winery specializes in small lots of ultra premium bor- 3680 Leisure Lane, Pleasant Valley. Come enjoy Rhone varietals in a serene retreat in the foothills of deaux and Italian varietals. Enjoy our gift shop & picnic area with views of the Sierras. Open Fri.-Sun. the Sierra Nevadas while overlooking the Consumnes River canyons. Open daily, 10-5. 530-344-0227. 11 – 5. 530-620-7474. Email: [email protected]. www.iversonwinery.com www.hollyshill.com
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#410 Sauber Vineyards #440 Saluti Cellars 5200 Butte Creek Road, Somerset. Eleven varieties of wine grapes. Commercial and home wine- 7505 Grizzly Flat Road, Somerset. Enjoy award winning wines, beautifully landscaped grounds, picnic makers welcome. Crusher/destemmer & press on site. Picnic area. 877-576-5741; 530-626-4329. areas, and panoramic vineyard views. A perfect venue for intimate weddings and romantic weekend www.saubervineyard.com getaways. 530-626-0800. www.saluticellars.com [email protected] #411 Colibri Ridge Winery & Vineyard #441 Sierra Vista Vineyards & Winery 6100 Gray Rock Road, Fair Play. Premium wines made only from foothill grapes. Our views and 4560 Cabernet Way, Placerville. Founding pinoeer of the Rhone movement, the MacCready family wel- secluded picnic areas make it the ideal place to enjoy the afternoon. Fri.-Sun., 11-5. 530-620-7255. comes visitors to our sustainable farmed vineyards. In addition to Rhone varietals selections include www.colibriridge.com Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Zinfandel. Open daily 10-5. 530-622-7221. #412 Shadow Ranch Vineyard www.sierravistawinery.com 7050 Fairplay Road, Fair Play. We produce small batch, single vineyard wines from high elevation sites #442 Chateau Routon Winery throughout El Dorado. We explore soil, climate and viticulture to illustrate the special characteristics 2700 Omo Ranch Road, Fair Play. Chateau Routon produces balanced wines and unparalleled ports. that the geography imparts upon the wines we create. 530-620-2785. www.shadowranch.com Our shaded deck provides a relaxing setting with wonderful views of the foorhills and the Sierra #416 Ursa Vineyards Nevada Mountains. 530-620-5818. Email: [email protected]. www.chateauroutonwinery 5001 Dollhouse Road, Placerville. We are a boutique winery offering red & white Sierra Foothills vari- #803 Lucinda’s Country Inn eties. We are open by appointment only for intimate tasting in our cellar. 530-644-3443. 6701 Perry Creek Road, Fair Play. Experience quiet, seductively secluded splendor at Lucinda’s Country #417 Bechard Vineyard and Winery Inn. Fireplaces, luxurious towels & robes, Friday & Saturday wine & snacks, sumptuous breakfasts. 4244 Rooster Court, Somerset. We are a boutique family winery producing premium Tempranillo, Nestled in the heart of Fair Play. 888-245-8246. www.lucindascountryinn.com Grenache, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Zinfandel and Rhone blends. Join us for intimate private tasting by #821 El Tamalero EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS appointment. [email protected], 530-626-0624, www.bechardvineyard.com We deliver handmade tamales and sell our tamales at the farmers market and Diamond Springs Flea #418 Retiredice Alpacas & Guanacos Market. Please order at 530-417-5641. www.eltamalero.com 6899 Mt. Aukum Road, Fair Play/Somerset. Ranch & Gift Shop, OPEN for Sales 6 days, closed Wednesday’s. #826 Seven-Up Guest Ranch Handmade by local Senior’s & Imported product’s. Sales of Friendly Calm Breeding & Pet Fiber Alpacas. 8060 Fairplay Road, Somerset. Recipe for a great experience; mix equal parts rustic ranch, delicious Full time working ranch. Please see our ad on page 30. 530-620-1415. www.retiredicealpacas.com. breakfast, and clean comfortable rooms. Garnish with friendly service and price affordably. Serves 14. #420 dkcellars 530-620-5450 www.sevenupguestranch.com [email protected] 7380 Vineyard View Drive, Fair Play. Enjoy the stunning views while wine tasting our award-win- #827 The Crazy Gringo Taco Wagon Salsa Company ning, cellar-worthy Bordeaux varietals. Picnic area & tasting room open Thursday – Monday 11 – 5. 3300 Coach Lane, Cameron Park. The best salsa and tamales made fresh daily. Check us out 530-620-1132. www.dkcellars.com at our Cameron Park location and Farmers’ Markets. We do catering as well. 530-676-2752. #422 Oakstone Winery/Obscurity Cellars www.thecrazygringotwsalsa.com 6470 Irish Acres Road, Fair Play. Beautiful vines, elegant wines; home of the new Phoenix Rising Red. Tasting and sales of estate grown, Gold Medal winning wines from Oakstone and Obscurity Cellars. #828 Way Back Bakery Fri.–Sun. 11 – 5. Email: [email protected]. www.oakstone-winery.com 6211 Pleasant Valley Road, Unit C, El Dorado. We are located in the quaint historic town of El Dorado. We specialize in cakes, pastries, bread and espresso. Also, find us at the Main Street Farmers’ #423 Cantiga Wineworks Market on Wed. 530-626-1900. Email [email protected]. www.WayBackBakery.com 5980 Meyers Lane, Somerset – 1/2 mile up Grizzly Flat Rd. Boutique family winery crafting classical- style, low-sulfite wines for the dinner table. Family-friendly, picnickers welcome! Fri.-Sun. 11-5, or #829 George Residence weekdays by appt. 530-621-1696. www.cantigawine.com 3210 Sandridge Road, Placerville. Drive by to view the 3 foot square hand painted wooden quilt. This quilt block is a variation of a traditional “Ohio Star.” We are a founding member of The Quilt Trail #424 Busby Cellars Vineyard & Winery Project. We like the simplicity of the design - a star with an acorn cluster. Please view from the road. 6375 Grizzly Flat Road, Somerset. One mile from Somerset corner. Taste award winning wines while enjoying panoramic views & our picnic facilities. Specializing in small lots of premium wines. Open #833 Renaissance Ridge Alpacas Fri.-Sun., 11-5:30. 530-344-9119. www.busbycellars.com 3130 Squirrel Hollow, Mt. Aukum. Renaissance Ridge Alpacas is a nationally acclaimed alpaca breeding ranch located in the beautiful Sierra wine and gold country. We offer breeding stock, raw fiber, mill #425 Alpacas of El Dorado and hand-spun alpaca yarn and alpaca products. We are open by appointment only. 916-715-5722. 4535 Boo Bear Lane, Somerset. Sales of high quality Suri and Huacaya Alpacas. Fiber and pet www.renaissanceridgealpacas.com companion animals periodically available. Full time ranch. Please call in advance. 530-642-8082. www.alpacasofeldorado.com #429 Mellowood Vineyard 2979 Mellowood Drive, Fair Play. Open Saturdays and Sundays 10-4 and also by appointment. Selling quality grapes and red wines; Zinfandel, Syrah and blends made exclusively from our own grapes. Sign up for vineyard clinics and other hands-on activities. 530-306-9454. www.mellowoodvineyard.com #432 Miraflores Winery/Alvarez Vineyards 2120 Four Springs Trail, Placerville. Enjoy handcrafted wines of distinction in an area of gracious sur- roundings and natural beauty. Open for private events/tours. Open daily, 10-5. Private events/tours by miraflores appointment. 530-647-8505. Email: [email protected]. www.mirafloreswinery.com OPEN DAILY 10am TO 5pm #436 Hawkcreek Vineyards mIrAfLOrEs wINErY 3625 Cedar Creek Road, Somerset. Located at 2000-2400 ft. along Cedar Creek in the Southern Fair Play Appellation. Various microclimates produce high-quality premium varietals with clonal character. By 2120 fOur sPrINgs TrAIL appointment only. 510-967-3577 or 510-835-3416. www.hawkcreekvineyard.com or [email protected] PLAcErvILLE, cA 95667 #437 Van der Vijver Estate 7451 Fairplay Road, Somerset. We pride ourselves on old European traditions …wine & food made 530.647.8505 at slower pace with extra care to be enjoyed with laughter & friends. 530-409-7451. info@vdwinery. com www.vdvwinery.com Checkout our web site, #438 Gwinllan Estate Call first before bringing dog. 7060 Fairplay Road, Somerset. Family owned and operated, producing award winning wines. Zin- www.mirafloreswinery.com fandel, Rhone blend, Chardonnay, Riesling, Muscat, Petit Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon. Ridgetop for event updates. views, picnic area. Events incl. dinners, wine tasting. 530-723-2979. www.gwinllanestates.com
El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 45 Products & Act iv it ies Ranch and Farm Directory Seasonal variations can occur. Call ahead for accurate harvest information. MAP RANCH NUMBER Alpacas / Wool Apples / Cider Apricots Goods / Food Baked Berries Cherries Christmas Trees Citrus / Gift Shops Crafts Activities Family / Kiwi Figs / Persimmons Livestock / Meat Lodging / Historic B & / Flowers Nursery Nuts Tasting Olives / Olive Oil / Nectarines Plums Peaches Pears Picnic Area / Trails Nature Pumpkins / Squash Gourds U-Pick Produce Vegetables Grapes Wine / Brewery Winery / Events Weddings American River Cherry Co. 204 • • • • American River Inn 801 • • • • Bella Vista Bed & Breakfast 802 • • Berry Heaven, USA 520 • • • • Café Mahjaic Restaurant & Lotus Inn 808 • • Cal*Tex Cattle Company 526 • Cielo Estate Winery 250 • • Columbia Flat 217 • • • • David Girard Vineyards 202 • • • Eden Vale Inn 807 • El Dorado Arts Council 811 • El Dorado Hills Natural Farms 203 • • • • • • Enchanted April Inn 216 • • • • • Gold Hill Vineyards & Brewery 201 • • • • Everhart Cellars & Hart 2 Hart Vineyards 210 • • • • • • Hooverville Orchards 206 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Irish Creek Ranch & Retreat 515 • • • • • • Lewis Cattle Company 212 • Lotus Bonsai Nursery & Gardens 207 • • • Meyer Ranch 209 • • • •
North/West Area North/West North Star Tree Farm 508 • • • • Placerville Natural Foods Co-Op 809 • • • • • • • • • • • • Nello Olivo Wines 510 • Rome Valley Vineyards 527 • • • Sierra Rizing Bakery & Cafe 804 • Something MORE Artists Gallery 831 • The Argonaut Farm to Fork Cafe 825 • • The Cottages on Salmon Falls 824 • • Tributary Whitewater Tours 818 • Winterhill Olive Oil 820 • •
24 Carrot Farm 124 • • • • • • Abel’s Apple Acres 38 • • • • • Apple Mountain Golf Resort 815 • •
EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS EL DORADO COUNTY FARM Argyres Orchard 22 • • Barsotti Family Juice Co. 30 • Bluestone Meadows 56 • • • • Boa Vista Orchards 3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Boeger Winery 32 • • Bumgarner Winery 156 • • • Camino Hotel - Bed & Breakfast Inn 814 • Camino Ridge 100 • • • Carson Ridge Evergreens 157 • Chateau Davell Winery 153 • • • • • Collina di Mela 46 • • Crystal Basin Cellars & Bistro 160 • • Crystal Creek Tree Farm 89 • •
East Area diVittorio Winery 154 • • • Findleton Estate Winery 155 • • • Fudge Factory Farm 40 • • • • • • • • • • Goldbud Farms 39 • • • Grace Patriot Wines 55 • • • • Grandpa’s Cellar 17 • • • • • Hangtown Kid Apple Orchard 115 • • • • • • Harris Tree Farm 84 • • • • • • • • • • • • High Hill Ranch 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • High Sierra Iris & Wedding Gardens 29 • • Illuminare Estate Winery 151 •
46 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Products & Act iv it ies Ranch and Farm Directory Seasonal variations can occur. Call ahead for accurate harvest information. Alpacas / Wool Apples / Cider Apricots Goods / Food Baked Berries Cherries Christmas Trees Citrus / Gift Shops Crafts Activities Family / Kiwi Figs / Persimmons Livestock / Meat Lodging / Historic B & / Flowers Nursery Nuts Tasting Olives / Olive Oil / Nectarines Plums Peaches Pears Picnic Area / Trails Nature Pumpkins / Squash Gourds U-Pick Produce Vegetables Grapes Wine / Brewery Winery / Events Weddings MAP RANCH NUMBER Jodar Vineyards & Winery 152 • • • Lava Cap Winery & Vineyards 26 • • • Madroña Vineyards 6 • • • North Canyon Inn Bed & Breakfast 830 • O’Halloran’s Apple Trail Ranch 18 • • • • • Pine O’ Mine 41 • • • Rainbow Orchards 10 • • • • • • • • Sierra Magnifica Christmas Tree Farm 162 • Smarts Christmas Tree Farm 163 • • Smith Flat House 812 • Smokey Ridge Ranch 133 • • • • • •
East Area (cont.) East Area The Davies Family Inn at Shadow Ridge Ranch 806 • • • • Wofford Acres Vineyard 25 • • • EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS Alpacas of El Dorado 425 • Alpacas of Somerset Farm 400 • Bechard Vineyard & Winery 417 • • Bluebird Haven Ranch and Iris Garden 406 • • • Busby Cellars Vineyard & Winery 424 • • • • Cantiga Wineworks 423 • • • Chateau Rodin Vineyards & Winery 350 • • • • • • Chateau Routon Winery 422 • Colibri Ridge Winery & Vineyard 411 • • • Davis Christmas Tree Farm 405 • • dkcellars 420 • • • El Tamalero 821 • Fausel Ranch 307 • • • Full Moon Farm 355 • • • • Gwinllan Estate 438 • • • • Hawkcreek Vineyards 436 • Holly’s Hill Vineyards 345 • • • Iverson Winery 409 • • • • Latcham Vineyards & Granite Springs Winery 401 • Lucinda’s Country Inn 803 • • Mellowood Vineyard 429 • • Miraflores Winery/Alvarez Vineyards 432 • • • Narrow Gate Vineyards 308 • • • South Area Oakstone Winery/Obscurity Cellars 422 • • Perry Creek Walnuts 402 • Placerville Fruit Growers, Inc. 263 Rancho de Amor Vineyard & Winery 310 • • Renaissance Ridge Alpacas 833 • • • • • Retiredice Alpacas & Guanacos 418 • • • Saluti Cellars 440 • • • Sauber Vineyards 410 • • Seven-Up Guest Ranch 826 • Shadow Ranch Vineyard 412 • • • • • • Sierra Vista Vineyards & Winery 441 • The Crazy Gringo Taco Wagon Salsa Company 827 • Up Country Ranch 303 • • Ursa Vineyards 416 • • Van der Vijver Estate 437 • Way Back Bakery 828 • Windmill Creek Olive Oil 93 • • •
El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 47 HARVEST CALENDAR Determine when your favorite fruits are ready to be enjoyed WINERIES NURSERIES TREES
Various Wines Various FLOWERS Bonsai: Year Round Year Round! Year Round! Christmas: December
BERRIES CITRUS CHERRIES
Many Varieties Many Varieties Many Varieties June, July, August January, February, March, April, May – early July Mid-November, December
PEACHES nectarines plums EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS EL DORADO COUNTY FARM
Many Varieties Many Varieties Many Varieties July – October July – October July – October
ApPLES pears asian pears
Many Varieties Many Varieties Many Varieties August – November July – November August – November
48 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Farmer’s Market Know your Farmer, Know your Food A profile of a local farm that sells at local Farmers’ Markets
Hooverville Orchards • 1100 Wallace Road • Placerville, California • 530-622-2155
by Betty Albert • www.greenchefpress.com • [email protected]. waits in traffic; then Hooverville Orchards is a great alternative during fall season. Just make the short 3-mile drive from the intersection of Hwy 50 and Hwy 49!! Head North towards Coloma and turn left on Wallace Road approx 3 miles from the intersection. Enjoy the peaceful picnic area and let your kids run on the grassy area provided and enjoy the weekend BBQ’s providing 1/3 lb cheeseburgers and huge 8” hot dogs!! BBQ’s will run Memorial Day Weekend through
October (weather providing). Visit www.hoovervilleorchards.com. EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS “Climate is more important than water in this business,” Chris explains as he plucks off a blossom to show. “Lack of chill makes the blossoms wake up weak and makes it a bad year for cherries. The key challenge is taste in the crop, and we have no perfect years. So diversification works for us.” One of the most successful additions to the orchard was Asian pears. “We were the first in El Dorado County to grow Asian pears,” said Barbara Hoover, family matriarch. “And we are still the biggest producer of Asian pears in the county,” adds Chris. More diversification can be found as the aroma of pie wafts across the parking lot. Connie now oversees the pie production in the bake shop, with the “walk’n pie” still a favorite, the name coined by roprietors, Del and Rachel (Hoover) Detwiler are proud to keep Chris who liked to stop in to Hooverville Orchards in the family for the next generation. put a turnover in his hand while P he continued walking and Firmly ensconced off Hwy 49 in Placerville lies the 72 acres of working. “Just because no one’s Hooverville Orchards. Founded in 1973 by Jim and Barbara Hoover. picking doesn’t mean nothing’s The large one parcel farm employs only 5-7 workers, including Chris happening.” There’s always Hoover, manager since 1980. With five acres of citrus and 400-500 pruning, fertilizing, tractor trees per acre, the farm boasts 100 fruit species and six categories of maintenance or spraying to apples, loquats, cherries, tangelos and Asian pears. They were the do, though they use all organic first to grow Asian pears in El Dorado County and still the largest sprays and don’t spray when bees are buzzing. producer. Peaches, pears, nectarines, plums and pluots round out the orchard production. “I’m lucky to have cold storage, and can The peacocks, always a conversation piece, show their plumage keep the farmers markets going all year,” Chris relates. Members with regal pride. “It was Dad’s hobby,” Chris relates. The variety of of the family make the trips to San Francisco, Sacramento and birds and their colors is an added highlight after the fruit choices are Placerville each month when the markets are open. made. “Today, I concentrate on all that needs be done,” Chris said. “I’m here for the love of it, and to see the faces of those who are The farm is open 365 days a year, rain or shine, making the proud to receive it.” workweek 7 days! If you do not want to fight the crowds and long
El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 49 Farmer’s MarketS IN EL DORADO COUNTY Placerville El Dorado Hills South Lake Tahoe Certified Farmers’ Market Certified Farmers’ Market Certified Farmers’ Market Saturdays – May 7 to October 29 Sundays – May 15 to October 30 Tuesdays – June 7 to October 11 Corner of Cedar Ravine and Main Street Town Center Parking Lot American Legion Hall Parking Lot, 8am - 12pm El Dorado Hills Blvd. at Highway 50 2732 South Lake Tahoe Blvd (Hwy 50) 8am – 1pm Main Street Farmers’ Market 9am – 1pm Wednesdays – June to September Ski Run Farmers’ Market At the Bell Tower on Historic Main Street Cameron Park Fridays – June to September 4pm – dusk (Al farmers happily accept EBT.) Ski Run Blvd., South Lake Tahoe Check out our facebook page at: Certified Farmers’ Market 3pm – 8pm www.facebook.com/main-street-farmers-market Wednesdays – June 8 to September 28 Burke Junction at the corner of Coach Lane and Strolling Hills Rd. 8am – 12 pm EL DORADO COUNTY FARM TRAILS EL DORADO COUNTY FARM
50 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide EL DORADO STAY AND PLAY SHUTTLE
The El Dorado Stay & Play Shuttle program was designed with you in mind! The program provides funding for group transportation from one or more El Dorado County lodging to regional wedding and event venues. The level of funding is based upon the number of rooms nights booked.
20 room nights = $500.00 contribution to shuttle cost 30 room nights = $750.00 contribution to shuttle cost 40 room nights = $1000.00 max contribution to shuttle cost
ou and your guests receive a special Ywelcome kit with discounts and incentives for El Dorado County businesses, materials highlighting the El Dorado Wine Country, Apple Hill Growers, things to do in the communities of Coloma, Fair Play and Divide, information on ride share options and emissions, plus a small gift as a token of our appreciation. To find out more about the El Dorado County Stay and Play Shuttle go to VisitElDorado.com or email stayandplay@ eldoradocounty.org.
The El Dorado Stay and Play Shuttle is funded by a grant from the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District. The El Dorado County Visitors Authority (designed the program to encourage group transportation and overnight stays in El Dorado County, reduce motor vehicle emissions and introduce new visitors to the area.
PHOTO: LISA JESSE PHOTOGRAPHY AT MADRONA VINEYARDS
El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 51 weddings IN EL DORADO COUNTY
Your wedding destination
rom funky to formal, fabulous and fun, F El Dorado County is quickly becoming the newest wedding destination for today’s astute couples. Our unique, affordable venues allow you to choose from stunning vineyards, beautiful river campgrounds, charming inns, and lovely hotel ballrooms. So, no matter what your budget, theme, or unique vision, we have a venue guaranteed to meet your needs and the wedding professionals to help create the wedding of your dreams!
52 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide WEDDING SPECIALISTS
WEDDING & EVENT SITES WEDDING & EVENT SITES FLOWERS American River Resort Rome Valley Vineyards Camino Flower & Riverside Cabins, RV sites & Camping A Da-Vine and Magical Place Cocomont Vintage Staging Riverside, Pond & Meadow Wedding Venues, 530-295-9260 530-644-5730 Events Center www.romevalley.com www.camino flowershop.com 530-622-6700 Saluti Cellars www.americanriverresort.com Cool Florist and Gifts Wedding Facility ~ Bed & Breakfast 530-885-2750 Apple Blossom Tree Farm 530-626-0800 [email protected] Apple Hill Grower #47 www.saluticellars.com facebook.com/CoolFlorist Camino Sierra Banquet Center Log Cabin Café 530-957-5345 (leave message) Placerville Flowers on Main www.appleblossomtreefarm.com Weddings, Parties & Special Events 319 Main St., Placerville 3220 Pondorado Rd., Camino 53 0 - 62 2-1121 Apple Mountain Golf Resort 530-644-0345 www.placervilleflowersonmain.com Restaurant & Banquet Facilities www.sierrabanquet.com Camino The Davies Family Inn at 530-647-7400 Shadow Ridge Ranch TRAVEL www.applemountaingolfresort.com 3700 Fort Jim Road, Placerville El Dorado Hills Travel Bella Vista Bed & Breakfast 530-295-1000 Count on the experts! Coloma/Placerville www.daviesfamilyinn.com 916-933-0476 530-622-3456 The Historic Cary House Hotel www.edhtravel.com www.bellavistabrides.com 300 Main Street, Placerville Cameron Park Country Club 530-622-4271 Cameron Park www.caryhouse.com GETTING READY 530-350-1187 www.facebook.com/HistoricCaryHouseHotel www.cameronparkcc.com Combellacks Villa Florentina Luxury Inn & Events Tuxedo Rentals & Sales Cielo Estate Winery Coloma 339 Main Street, Placerville Shingle Springs 916-778-0109 530-622-2582 530-672-8575 www.villflorentina.net www.cieloestate.com Time Out Spa A time to indulge! Coloma Resort CATERING Pampering Starts Here! Riverfront Weddings 530-644-0314 530-621-2267 Back Forty Texas BBQ www.timeoutspa.com www.colomaresort.com Catering for casual or special events! EarthTrek Expeditions 530-676-4040 Spectacular riverfront wedding venues BackFortyShingleSprings.com OFFICIANTS (MINISTERS) 530-642-1900 Sierra Rizing Catering and Bakery Terri A. Smith, Esq. www.earthtrekexpeditions.com Catering for either a casual or discerning event Wedding Ceremony Officiant El Dorado County Fair & Event Center crafted to fit your needs, also offering one of a 530-409-5151 100 Placerville Drive, Placerville kind, custom wedding cakes. [email protected] 530-621-5860 530-642-1308 eldoradocountyfair.org www.sierrarizing.com Enchanted April Inn Table Nectar | Local & Organic PHOTOGRAPHY / VIDEOGRAPHY Catering Luxury Lodging near Coloma Lisa Richmond Photography Petite weddings for discriminating brides Customized seasonal menus with locally Images fresh and vibrant, relaxed and alive! 916-939-9144 sourced ingredients. All special diets welcome. 530-644-7980 www.enchantedaprilinn.com Check us out on Yelp.com 530 -344-7613 www.LISArichmond.com Gold Hill Vineyard and Brewery www.tablenectar.com 5660 Vineyard Lane, Placerville 530-626-6522 Xpressions Catering WEDDING CAKE www.goldhillvineyard.com The Cork & Fork We cater to you. Sierra Rizing Catering and Bakery Hart 2 Hart Vineyards 530-888-6065 Full scale bakery with over twenty years of Winery Estate Weddings & Events www.xpressionscatering.com/the-cork-fork- experience in creating wedding cakes. Beautiful Vineyard Vacation House restaurant/ www.sierrarizing.com Coloma Valley 530-642-1308 530-885-9463 Hart2HartVineyards.com JEWELRY High Sierra Iris Gardens WEDDING PLANNING WEBSITES Located in Beautiful Apple Hill Goldsmith Gallery 530-642-1222 Design Your Own Wine and Dine Gold Country www.weddingsnflowers.com Wedding Rings! Wedding Services Web Guide 530-621-1188 Eat, Taste, Stay, Play Historic Fausel Ranch www.winendinegoldcountry.com Wedding and Receptions. call Deanna Fausel 530-622-4390 El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 53 WINE COUNTRY IN EL DORADO COUNTY
Taste at a higher level
Visit El Dorado Wine Country for breathtaking vistas, wide diversity of award winning wines, discovery and delight around every bend. Our wineries are renowned for making vibrantly flavorful, distinctly delicious wines, grown in the dramatic elevations of the Sierra Nevada. One of California’s oldest wine-producing areas, vineyards and wineries first flourished here during the Gold Rush era. A century later, in the 1970s, a renaissance in the growth of premium vineyards and wineries began again. Today, the county has more than 2,000 acres of vines producing 50 grape varieties and home to more than 70 wineries. Each passionately tended by winemakers who love coaxing from each diverse acre its perfect harvest and each different in their winemaking approach. Come explore the El Dorado Wine Country and discover some of California’s most sophisticated wines. Corn - Tarragon Soufflé Ingredients 1/3 cup milk 1 Tbsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. black pepper 3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour, plus extra for coating baking dish 3 eggs, separated 2 cups corn, fresh or frozen (thawed), pulsed in food processor until very coarse puree 1/2 cup (4 oz.) grated Monterey Jack cheese 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh tarragon
Preparation 1. Preheat oven to 350˚F. Spray 9-inch square baking dish or 8-inch soufflé dish with nonstick cooking spray and dust entire baking surface lightly with flour. 2. Combine milk, sugar, salt and pepper in a small saucepan and bring just to a simmer over medium heat. Add flour all at once and beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth and stiffened. Set aside, stirring occasionally, until hot mixture becomes touchable, about 140˚F. Add egg yolks and stir until just combined. 3. Fold in corn, cheese and tarragon. 4. Bake, uncovered, 55 minutes or until set and puffed in the center but still with a little jiggle. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.
Pair with Miraflores Pinot Grigio.
54 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Shank Osso Bu Pork co
Pair with Miraflores Tempranillo.
Ingredients Preparation 2 Tbsp. olive oil Heat oil in heavy, extra-large skillet or flameproof casserole over 3 lbs. pork shanks, approx. 1 1/2 inches thick medium-high heat. Dredge shanks in flour, shake off excess. All purpose flour, for dredging Add to skillet and cook until brown, turning occasionally, about 1 very large onion, chopped 12 minutes. Transfer shanks to bowl. 4 large garlic cloves, chopped Reduce heat to medium-low. Add onion and garlic and sauté 1/2 cup tomato paste until tender, about 4 minutes. Return shanks and any liquid in 2 cups chicken broth bowl to skillet. Season shanks with salt and pepper. Add paste, 1 cup Miraflores Chardonnay broth, wine, basil and lemon peel to skillet. Cover partially and 6 fresh basil leaves simmer until pork is very tender and begins to fall off bones, 1/2 tsp. grated lemon peel about 2 hours. While Osso Buco is cooking, prepare Gremolata.
Gremolata Ladle meat and sauce into bowls and top with Gremolata. (traditional topping for osso buco) Can be prepared up to 3 days in advance (without Gremolata). 2 Tbsp. minced fresh parsley Cover and refrigerate until ready to reheat. 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 tsp. grated lemon peel 1/2 tsp. capers Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Miraflores Winery presents outstanding wine and food experiences year-round. Join us for cooking demonstrations, wine club parties, and PAIRINGS Food+Wine during the summer and fall. Each event is a delicious celebration with other food and wine lovers, chefs and wine experts while enjoying the spectacular surroundings of our tasting room. El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide | 55 S RD. RING SP TH OR TW ORGET WEN GE OW N RD. G R EE WINE MAP NW O B D OD E A R Georgetown A EK RD. R D. R CRE L I N CAMINO WINERIES
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Perry Creek Winery Camino Fair Play 7400 Perry Creek Road, Fair Play 530-620-5175 Bumgarner Wines Busby Cellars perrycreek.com 3550 Carson Road, Camino 6375 Grizzly Flat Road, Fair Play Open: Daily 11 – 5 530-303-3418 888-WINE-BUM 530-344-9119 bumgarnerwines.com busbycellars.com Toogood Estate Winery Open: Daily 11 – 5 Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5:30 7280 Fairplay Road, Fair Play 530-620-1910 Chateau Davell Winery Charles B. Mitchell toogoodwinery.com 3550 Carson Road, Suite E, Camino 8221 Stoney Creek Road, Fair Play Open: Daily 11 – 5 530-644-2016 530-620-3467 chateaudavell.com charlesbmitchell.com Windwalker Vineyards Open: Daily 11 – 5; Fridays til 7: Apr - Oct Open: Wed, Thr, Sat, Sun 11 – 5; Fri-11 – 9 7360 Perry Creek Road, Fair Play 530-620-4054 Crystal Basin Cellars Chateau Routon Winery windwalkervineyard.com 3550 Carson Road, Camino 2700 Omo Ranch Road, Fair Play Open: Daily 11 – 5 530-647-1767 530-620-5818 crystalbasin.com chateauroutoninc.com Open: Daily 11 – 5 Open: Sat - Sun 12 – 4 Garden Valley diVittorio Winery Colibri Ridge 3500 Carson Road, Camino 6100 Grey Rock Road, Fair Play Jose Wine Caves 530-621-2166 530-620-7255 6220 Prospectors Rd., Garden Valley divittoriowinery.com colibriridge.com 707-695-7843 Open: Fri - Sun 11 – 5 Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 josewinecaves.com Open: Sat-Sun 10 – 5 Findleton Estate and Winery dk cellars 3500 Carson Road, Camino 7380 Vineyard View Drive, Fair Play Rome Valley Vineyards 530-644-4018 530-620-1132 5869 Traverse Creek Road, Garden Valley finzinwines.com dkcellars.com 530-295-9260 Open: Daily 11 – 5 Open: Thr-Mon 11 – 5 romevalley.com Open: By Appointment Illuminare Estate Winery Fleur de Lys Winery 3500 Carson Road, Camino 7696 Perry Creek Road, Fair Play 530-647-1884 530-620-2246 Mount Aukum illuminarewinery.com fleurdelyswinery.com Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 Open: Thr-Sun 11 – 5 Golden Leaves Winery 3625 Omo Ranch Rd., Mount Aukum Jack Russell Farm Brewery & Winery Gold Mountain Winery & Lodge 530-409-7053 2380 Larsen Drive, Camino 7750 Fair Play Road, Fair Play goldenleaveswinery.com 530-647-9420 530-620-6888 800-245-9166 Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 jackrussellbrewery.com goldmountainwinery.com Open: Daily 11 – 5 Open: Thu - Sun 11 – 5 Latcham Vineyards 2860 Omo Ranch Rd., Mount Aukum Madroña Vineyards Iverson Winery 800-750-5591 2560 High Hill Road, Camino 8061 Perry Creek Road, Fair Play latcham.com 530-644-5948 530-620-7474 Open: Daily 11 – 5 madroñavineyards.com iversonwinery.com Open: Daily 11 – 5 Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 Sierra Oaks Estates 8171 Mt. Aukum Road, Suites 104-105, ParaVi Vineyards Mellowood Vineyard Mount Aukum 2875 Larsen Drive, Camino 2979 Mellowood Drive, Fair Play 530-620-7079 530-647-9463 530-306-9454 sierraoaksestates.com paravi.com mellowoodvineyard.com Open: Wed-Sun 11 – 5 Open: Daily 11 – 5 Open: Sat-Sun 10 – 4; & by appointment Wofford Acres Vineyards MV Winery/Miller Vineyards Pilot Hill 1900 Hidden Valley Lane, Camino 7261 Fair Play Road, Fair Play 530-626-6858 888-928-9463 530-620-1067 wavwines.com mvwinery.net Hart 2 Hart Vineyards Open: Call for seasonal hours Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 5821 CA State Hwy 49, Pilot Hill Thr-Sun 11 – 5 530-885-9463 hart2hartvineyards.com Oakstone Winery Open: Thr-Sun 11:30 – 5:30 6470 Irish Acres Road, Fair Play 530-620-5303 oakstone-winery.com Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5
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Jodar Vineyards Cedarville Vineyard Placerville 3405 Carson Court Road, Placerville 6320 Marestail Road, Somerset 530-644-3474 530-620-9463 Auriga Wine Cellars jodarwinery.com cedarvillevineyard.com 4520 Pleasant Valley Rd., Placerville Open: Daily 11 – 5 Open: By appointment 530-647-8078 aurigawines.com Lava Cap Winery Gwinllan Estates Open: Fri–Sun 11 – 5 or by appointment 2221 Fruitridge Road, Placerville 7060 Fairplay Road, Somerset 530-621-0175 800-475-0175 530-723-2879 Boa Vista Wines lavacap.com gwinllanestate.com 4520 Pleasant Valley Road, Placerville Open: Daily 10 – 5 Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 530-622-5522 boavista.com Miraflores Winery Mastroserio Winery Open: Daily 8 – 5:30 2120 Four Springs Trail, Placerville 7351 Fairplay Road, Somerset 530-647-8505 530-417-4321 Boeger Winery mirafloreswinery.com mastroseriowinery.com 1709 Carson Road, Placerville Open: Daily 10 – 5 Open: Thr- Mon 11 – 5; 530-622-8094 800-655-2634 Tues & Wed: By appointment boegerwinery.com Narrow Gate Vineyards Open: Daily 10 – 5 4282 Pleasant Valley Road, Placerville Mount Aukum Winery 530-644-6201 6781 Tower Road, Somerset Chateau Rodin Winery narrowgatevineyards.com 530-620-1675 800-591-9463 4771 Green Hills Road, Placerville Open: Thur 12 – 4; Fri-Sat 10 – 5; Sun 12 – 5 mountaukum.com 530-622-6839 Open: Daily 11 – 5 chateaurodin.com Nello Olivo Winery Open: Wed-Sun 11 – 5 643 Bee Street, Placerville Palissandro Vineyard & Winery 530-409-5603 7449 Fairplay Road, Somerset David Girard Vineyards nelloolivo.com 530-620-2063 741 Cold Springs Road, Placerville Open: Tue-Thr 2 – 7; Fri-Sun 11 – 7 palissandrowinery.com 530-295-1833 Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 www.davidgirardvineyards.com Rancho de Amor Vineyard & Winery Open: By appointment only 5241 Nashville Trail, Placerville Saluti Cellars 530-626-3941 7505 Grizzly Flat Road, Somerset Fenton Herriott Vineyards ranchodeamor.com 530-626-0800 120 Jacquier Court, Placerville Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 saluticellars.com 530-642-2021 Open: Fri-Sun 11:30 – 5:30 fentonherriott.com Sierra Vista Winery Open: Daily 11 – 5 4560 Cabernet Way, Placerville Shadow Ranch 530-622-7221 7050 Fairplay Road, Somerset Fudge Factory Farm sierravistawinery.com 530-620-2785 2860 High Hill Road, Placerville Open: Daily 10 – 5 shadowranch.com 530-644-3492 Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 fudgefactoryfarm.com Ursa Vineyards Open: Call for hours 5001 Dollhouse Road, Placerville Single Leaf 530-644-3443 7480 Fairplay Road, Somerset Gold Hill Vineyard ursavineyards.com 530-620-3545 888-663-5323 5660 Vineyard Lane, Placerville Open: By Appointment singleleaf.com 530-626-6522 Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 goldhillvineyard.com Open: Thr-Sun 11 – 5 Shingle Springs Skinner Vineyards 8054 Fairplay Road, Somerset Grace Patriot Wines 530-620-2220 2701 Carson Road, Placerville Cielo Estate skinnervineyards.com 530-642-8424 3040 Ponderosa Rd., Shingle Springs Open: Thr-Mon 11 – 5 gracepatriotwines.com 530-672-8575 cieloestate.com 530-642-8424 Van der Vijver Estate Winery Open: Wed-Mon 11 – 5 Open: Sat - Sun 11 – 5 7451 Fairplay Road, Somerset 530-409-7451 Holly’s Hill Vineyards vdvwinery.com 3680 Leisure Lane, Placerville Somerset Open: Every 3rd Sat-Sun of calendar month 530-344-0227 or by appointment hollyshill.com Cantiga Wineworks Open: Daily 10 – 5 5980 Meyers Lane, Somerset Winery by the Creek 530-621-1696 8085 Perry Creek Road, Somerset cantigawine.com 530-620-2402 Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5 winerybythecreek.com Open: Fri-Sun 11 – 5
58 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide lodging directory IN ELDORADO COUNTY Cameron Park Coloma El Dorado Hills
HOTELS & MOTELS BED & BREAKFAST HOTELS & MOTELS Cameron Park Motel 6 Villa Florentina Holiday Inn Express 3444 Coach Lane • 530-677-7177 6673 Carvers Road • 916-778-0109 4360 Town Center Blvd. • 916-358-3100 www.motel6.com/reservations www.villaflorentina.net www.hiexpress.com/eldoradohills 60 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot complimentary breakfast, internet access* 93 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, tub/spa, washer/dryer kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, complimentary CAMPGROUNDS breakfast, meeting facilities, washer/dryer, Quality Inn And Suites internet access* American River Resort 3361 Coach Lane • 530-677-2203 6019 New River Road • 530-622-6700 www.qualityinncameronpark.com 60 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, www.americanriverresort.com Fair Play kitchen(ette)*, complimentary breakfast, boat ramp, swimming pool, fishing, RV meeting facilities, washer/dryer, internet hookup, ADA accessible BED & BREAKFAST access* Coloma Resort @ Sutter’s Mill Gold Mountain Winery & Lodge • 6921 Mt Murphy Road • 530-621-2267 7750 Fair Play Road 530-620-3248 Camino www.colomaresort.com www.goldmountainwineryandlodge.com pet friendly, swimming pool, picnicking, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, internet access* BED & BREAKFAST fishing, restrooms, showers, RV hookup, cabins for rent, potable H2O Camino Hotel Seven Up Guest Ranch 4103 Carson Road • 530-644-1800 Ponderosa RV Resort 8060 Fair Play Road • 530-620 5450 www.caminohotel.com 7291 CA-49 • 530-642-5830 www.sevenupguestranch.com/ complimentary breakfast, internet access* www.rvonthego.com/california/ pet friendly, complimentary breakfast, ponderosa-rv-resort/ meeting facilities North Canyon Inn pet friendly, swimming pool, picnicking, 3901 North Canyon Road • 530-957-6952 fishing, restrooms, showers, potable 2H O Lucinda’s Country Inn www.northcanyoninn.com 6701 Perry Creek Road • 530-409-4169 no amenities www.lucindascountryinn.com kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, internet access*
VACATION RENTALS Perry Creek Retreat Fair Play • 818-681-8552 www.perrycreekretreat.com swimming pool, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, washer/dryer
Sierra Ridgeline Cabin 4960 Omo Ranch Road • 530-620-2115 www.sierraridgelinecabin.com pet friendly, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, internet access*
Squirrels Nest Vacation Cabin 2002 Magic Mine • 530-620-7317 pet friendly, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, washer/dryer, internet access*
The Cottage at Perry Creek VILLA FLORENTINA Fair Play • 530-620-2133 www.eldoradowineryvacationrentals.com *Amenities available in room pet friendly, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, complimentary breakfast, internet access*
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BED & BREAKFAST The Green Toad B & B 5821 Spanish Flat • 530-626-0983 www.thegreentoad.com complimentary breakfast
Georgetown
BED & BREAKFAST American River Inn 6600 Orleans Street • 800-245-6566 www.americanriverinn.com pet friendly, hot tub/spa, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, internet access*
CAMPGROUNDS Chiquita Camp Campground AMERICAN RIVER INN 9092 Wentworth Springs Rd. • 530-333-4673 www.campchiquita.com Kyburz Lotus pet friendly, boat ramp, showers, RV hookup HOTELS & MOTELS CAMPGROUNDS HOTELS & MOTELS Strawberry Lodge Camp Lotus Rock Creek Inn 17510 US-50 • 530-659-7200 5461 Bassi Road • 530-622-8672 6220 CA-193 • 530-333-4359 www.strawberrylodge.com www.camplotus.com 43 rooms, pet friendly, meeting facilities, picnicking, fishing, restrooms, showers, RV www.rockcreekinn.info internet access hookup, cabins for rent, potable H2O 6 rooms, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, internet access* HOTELS & MOTELS Lotus Inn Grizzly Flat 1006 Lotus Road • 530-622-9587 www.cafemahjaic.com CAMPGROUNDS 3 rooms, fireplace*, meeting facilities, internet access* Leoni Meadows Campground 6100 Leoni Road • 530-626-3610 www.leonimeadows.org swimming pool, picnicking, restrooms, showers, RV hookup, cabins for rent, potable H2O, ADA accessible
Kit Carson
CAMPGROUNDS Kit Carson Lodge 32161 Kit Carson Road • 209-258-8500 www.kitcarsonlodge.com fishing, restrooms, showers, cabins for rent, potable H2O
*Amenities available in room CAMINO HOTEL B & B
60 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Bella Vista Bed & Breakfast 581 Cold Springs Road • 530-622-3456 www.bellavistainc.net hot tub/spa, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, internet access*
Davies Family Inn 3700 Fort Jim Road • 530-295-1000 www.thedaviesfamilyinn.com kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities
Eden Vale Inn 1780 Springvale Road • 530-621-0901 www.edenvaleinn.com pet friendly, hot tub/spa, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, internet access*
Fleming Jones Homestead Bed And Breakfast ALBERT SHAFSKY HOUSE 3170 Newtown Road • 530-344-0943 www.robinsnestranch.com Pilot Hill Placerville pet friendly, complimentary breakfast, internet access* BED & BREAKFAST BED & BREAKFAST Casa Bella Verde Albert Shafsky House B & B Glen Morey Country House Bed 1301 Hound Hollow Road • 916-358-5600 2942 Coloma Street • 530-642-2776 And Breakfast www.casabellaverde.com www.shafsky.com 801 Moray Drive • 530-306-3481 swimming pool, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, swimming pool, complimentary breakfast, www.placervillebedandbreakfast.com fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, internet access* pet friendly, fireplace*, complimentary meeting facilities, internet access* breakfast, internet access*
Enchanted April Inn 5950 Salmon Falls Road • 916-939-9144 www.enchantedaprilinn.com fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, internet access*
VACATION RENTALS Hart 2 Hart Vineyard House 5821 CA-49 • 530-885-9463 www.hart2hartvineyards.com kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, meeting facilities, washer/dryer, internet access*
EVERHART CELLARS ESTATE VACATION RENTAL
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Seasons Bed & Breakfast 2934 Bedford Avenue • 530-626-4420 www.theseasons.net pet friendly, kitchen(ette)*, complimentary breakfast, internet access*
CAMPGROUNDS Finnon Lake and Recreation Area 9100 Rock Creek Road • 530-409-5515 www.finnonrecreationarea.com picnicking, fishing, restrooms
HOTELS & MOTELS Best Western Placerville Inn 6850 Green Leaf Drive • 530-622-9100 www.bwplacervilleinn.com 105 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot tub, spa, fireplace – in room, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, washer/dryer, internet access*
Gold Trail Lodge 1970 Broadway PHOTO: TOM PHIPPS AT HISTORIC CARY HOUSE HOTEL www.goldtrailmotorlodge.com 32 rooms, kitchen(ette)*, internet access* Walkers Cabin HOTELS & MOTELS Historic Cary House Hotel 530-622-3303 Best Western Stage Coach Inn 300 Main Street • 530-622-4271 www.walkerscabin.com 5940 Pony Express Trail • 530-644-2029 www.caryhouse.com pet friendly, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, 40 rooms, pet friendly, kitchen(ette)*, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, meeting facilities, www.bestwestern.com/stagecoachinn meeting facilities, internet access* washer/dryer 26 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, kitchen/kichenette in room, fireplace – in room, complimentary breakfast, internet Mother Lode Motel access* 1940 Broadway • 530-622-0895 Pollock Pines www.motherlodemotel.com Westhaven Inn 21 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot 5658 Pony Express Trail • 530-644-7800 CAMPGROUNDS tub/spa www.westhaveninn.com Ice House Resort Campground 21 rooms, pet friendly, complimentary National 9 Inn Ice House, El Dorado Nat’l Forest breakfast, meeting facilities, internet access* 1500 Broadway • 530-622-3884 530-293-3321 www.national9inns.com/locations/ www.reserveamerica.com/ california/item/placerville-california pet friendly, boat ramp, picnicking, fishing, Shingle Springs 25 rooms, complimentary breakfast, internet restrooms access* CAMPGROUNDS Sly Park Recreation Placerville Koa Gold Country Deck House 4771 Sly Park Road • 530-644-2792 4655 Rock Barn Road • 530-676-2267 241 Diana Street • 530-638-2250 www.jenkinsonlake.com www.goldcountrydeckhouse.com pet friendly, boat ramp, picnicking, fishing, www.koa-placerville.com pet friendly, swimming pool, picnicking, swimming pool, washer/dryer, internet restrooms, potable H2O, ADA accessible access* fishing, restrooms, showers, RV hookup, cabins for rent, potable H2O, ADA accessible
*Amenities available in room
62 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Somerset South Lake Tahoe Camp Richardson 1900 Jameson Beach Road • 530-541-1801 BED & BREAKFAST BED & BREAKFAST www.camprichardson.com boat ramp, fishing, restrooms, RV hookup, Saluti Cellars B & B Black Bear Inn Bed & Breakfast cabins for rent 7505 Grizzly Flat Road • 530-626 -0800 1202 Ski Run Blvd. • 530-544-4451 www.saluticellars.com www.tahoeblackbear.com Fallen Leaf Campground hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, 2165 Fallen Leaf Road • 530-544-0426 complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, complimentary breakfast, internet access* internet access* www.recreation.gov pet friendly, picnicking, estrooms, showers, CAMPGROUNDS RV hookup, cabins for rent, potable H2O VACATION RENTALS Americana Vacation Resorts Big Oak Cabin 3845 Pioneer Trail • 530-541-8022 Hansens Resort 1360 Ski Run Blvd. • 530-544-3361 7305 Morning Canyon Rd. • 877-8181-1013 www.americana-tahoe.com pet friendly, swimming pool, picnicking, www.vrbo.com #405278 www.hansensresort.com restrooms, showers, cabins for rent, ADA restrooms, cabins for rent pet friendly, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, accessible fireplace*, washer/dryer Lake Tahoe Koa Kampground California Land Management 760 US-50 • 530-577-3693 2165 Fallen Leaf Road • 530-544-5994 www.laketahoekoa.com www.clm-services.com pet friendly, swimming pool, cabins for rent, potable H2O Camp Concord 1000 Mt Tallac Rd B • 530-541-1203 Strawberry Lodge and Campground www.ci.concord.ca.us Twin Bridges • 800-373-1090 restrooms, showers, RV hookup, cabins for www.strawberrylodge.com rent, ADA accessible pet friendly, picnicking, fishing, restrooms, showers, RV hookup, cabins for rent, potable H2O, ADA accessible
Tahoe Valley Campground 1175 Melba Drive • 530-541-2222 www.rvonthego.com pet friendly, swimming pool, restrooms, showers, RV hookup, potable H2O
HOTELS & MOTELS 7 Seas Inn 4145 Manzanita Avenue • 530-544-7031 www.7seasinn.com 16 rooms, pet friendly, hot tub/spa, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, washer/ dryer, internet access*
968 Park Hotel 968 Park Avenue • 530-544-0968 www.968parkhotel.com 57 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, SALUTI CELLARS meeting facilities, internet access*
*Amenities available in room
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Best Western Station House Inn 901 Park Avenue • 530-542-1101 www.stationhouseinn.com 98 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, internet access*
Big Pines Mountain House of Tahoe 4083 Cedar Avenue • 530-541-5155 www.thebigpines.com 70 rooms, pet friendly, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, washer/dryer, internet access*
Blue Lake Inn 944 Friday Avenue • 530-544-4101 www.thebluelakeinn.com 68 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, complimentary CAMP RICHARDSON breakfast, washer/dryer, internet access*
A&A LakeTahoe Inn Americas Best Value Inn Capri Motel 3520 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-1177 • 4107 Pine Blvd. 530-544-6455 932 Stateline Avenue • 530-208-0180 aalaketahoe.reservationcounter.com www.americasbestvalueinn.com www.tahoesbest.com/capri-motel-lake-tahoe 33 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, 58 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, 25 rooms, swimming pool, internet access* washer/dryer, internet access* kitchen(ette)*, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, washer/dryer, internet access* Alder Inn Cedar Inn & Suites 890 Stateline Avenue • 530-543-0159 1072 Ski Run Blvd. • 530-544-4485 cedarinntahoe.com www.thealderinn.com Angora Lakes Resort 1214 Angora Lake Road • 530-541-2092 28 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, 24 rooms, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, washer/dryer, complimentary breakfast, internet access* angoralakesresort.com/ internet access* 9 rooms, no amenities Alpenrose Inn Days Inn 4074 Pine Blvd. • 530-544-2985 Avalon Lodge 3530 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-3445 4075 Manzanita Avenue • 530-544-2285 www.alpenroseinntahoe.com www.daysinn.com 19 rooms, internet access* www.avalonlodge.com 43 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, 20 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot complimentary breakfast, internet access* tub/spa, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, Alpine Inn & Spas washer/dryer, internet access* 920 Stateline Avenue • 530-544-3340 Econo Lodge 38 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, 3838 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-541-5400 complimentary breakfast, internet access* Beach Retreat & Lodge @ Tahoe 3411 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-541-6722 www.econolodge.com 65 rooms, pet friendly, fireplace*, Ambassador Motor Lodge www.tahoebeachretreat.com complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, 262 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot internet access* 4130 Manzanita Avenue • 530-544-6461 tub/spa, fireplace*, washer/dryer, internet www.laketahoeambassador.com access* 57 rooms, swimming pool, kitchen(ette)*, Forest Suites Resort fireplace*, internet access* 1 Lake Pkwy. • 530-541-6655 www.forestsuites.com 119 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, washer/dryer, internet access*
*Amenities available in room
64 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide Green Lantern Motel 4097 Manzanita Avenue • 530-544-6336 www.reservations.com/hotel/ green-lantern-motel 37 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, complimentary breakfast, washer/dryer, internet access*
Highland Inn 3979 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-3862 www.highlandlaketahoe.com 26 rooms, kitchen(ette)*, washer/dryer, internet access*
Holiday Inn Express 3961 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-5900 www.hiexpress.com 89 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, washer/dryer, internet access*
Howard Johnson Express Inn THUNDERBIRD LODGE 3489 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-541-4000 www.hojo.com/laketahoe 59 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, Mark Twain Lodge National 9 Inn complimentary breakfast, internet access* 947 Park Avenue • 530-544-5733 3901 Pioneer Trail • 530-541-2119 www.marktwainlodge.com www.national9tahoe.com 12 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot 32 rooms, pet friendly, complimentary Inn By The Lake tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace* breakfast, internet access* 3300 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-542-0330 www.innbythelake.com 100 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot Marriott’s Timber Lodge Paradice Motel • tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, meeting facilities, 4100 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-542-6700 953 Park Avenue 530-544-6800 washer/dryer, internet access* www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/ www.paradicemoteltahoe.com rnotl-marriotts-timber-lodge 14 rooms, internet access* Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel 264 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, washer/dryer 4130 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-5400 Park Tahoe Inn www.tahoeresorthotel.com 4011 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-6000 400 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, Matterhorn Motel www.parktahoeinn.com kitchen(ette)*, complimentary breakfast, 2197 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-541-0367 116 rooms, pet friendly, kitchen(ette)*, meeting facilities, washer/dryer, internet www.booking.com/Matterhorn-Motel meeting facilities, washer/dryer, internet access* access* 18 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, internet access* Lazy S Lodge Pine Cone Acre Motel 609 Emerald Bay Road • 530-541-0230 Midway Inn 735 Emerald Bay Road • 530-541-0375 www.lazyslodge.com 3876 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-4397 www.pineconeacremotel.com 21 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, 21 rooms, pet friendly, complimentary 22 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, meeting facilities, breakfast, internet access* kitchen(ette)*, meeting facilities, internet internet access* access*
Lone Pine Lodge Motel 6 POSTMARC Hotel & Spa Suites 2375 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-542-1400 864 Stateline Avenue • 530-544-3316 3696 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-541-4200 www.motel6.com www.snowtrax.com 143 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, www.postmarchotels.com 23 rooms, meeting facilities washer/dryer, internet access* 53 rooms, hot tub/spa, fireplace*, internet access*
*Amenities available in room
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Secrets Inn Tahoe Valley Lodge Vagabond Inn 924 Park Avenue • 530-544-6767 2241 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-541-0353 3892 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-3642 www.secretsinn.com www.tahoevalleylodge.com www.vagabondinn.com 29 rooms, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, 17 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, 36 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot internet access* fireplace*, internet access* tub/spa, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, internet access* Stardust Lodge The Budget Inn
4061 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-5211 3496 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-2834 VACATION RENTALS www.stardust-tahoe.com www.budgetinnlaketahoe.com 86 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, 22 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, Accommodation Station hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, complimentary breakfast, washer/dryer, 530-542-5850 complimentary breakfast, meeting facilities, internet access* www.tahoelodging.com washer/dryer, internet access* pet friendly, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, washer/dryer, Three Peaks Resort internet access* Super 8 Motel 931 Park Avenue • 530-544-4131 3600 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-3476 www.lake-tahoe-california-hotels.com www.super8tahoe.com 56 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot Alpine Rentals & Realty 1088 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, washer/ 530-544-6978 hot tub/spa, fireplace*, complimentary dryer, internet access* www.alpinemeadows.net breakfast, internet access* pet friendly, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, Thunderchief Motel fireplace*, washer/dryer, internet access* Tahoe Beach & Ski Club 1008 Echo Road • 530-541-6231 3601 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-541-6220 15 rooms, complimentary breakfast, internet Best Rentals www.tahoebeachandski.com access* 530-544-7707 140 rooms, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, www.laketahoe4sale.com kitchen(ette)*, washer/dryer, internet access* Travel Inn 3536 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-544-2036 Lake Tahoe Properties Tahoe Hacienda Inn 36 rooms, internet access* 530-542-1845 3820 Lake Tahoe Blvd. • 530-541-3805 www.booking.com/Tahoe-Hacienda-Inn 33 rooms, pet friendly, swimming pool, hot tub/spa, kitchen(ette)*, fireplace*, internet Tahoma access* CAMPGROUNDS Meeks Bay Campground 7941 CA-89 • 530-525-4733 www.meeksbayresort.com boat ramp, picnicking, fishing, restrooms, showers, RV hookup, cabins for rent, potable H2O, ADA accessible
Meeks Bay Resort And Marina 7941 Emerald Bay Road • 530-525-6946 www.meeksbayresort.com boat ramp, picnicking, fishing, restrooms, showers, RV hookup, cabins for rent, potable H2O, ADA accessible
Twin Bridges
CAMPGROUNDS Sierra Pines Baptist Camp 7169 Sierra Pines Road • 530-659-7111 www.sierrapines.org swimming pool, cabins for rent
*Amenities available in room
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“Wines With an Altitude” best describes the friendly experience awaiting you when you visit El Dorado’s special wine growing area known as Fair Play, California’s best value in premium wines. Chateau Routon Mount Aukum Mellowood Iverson Oakstone Winery Saluti Winery Winery Vineyard Winery Obscurity Cellars Cellars “Consumable Art” Elevation 100% estate Botique Style Beautiful Vines, Cave Tours Wines and Ports matters grown fruit Wines Elegant Wines Bed & Breakfast 2700 Omo Ranch Rd. 6781 Tower Rd. 2979 Mellowood Dr. 8061 Perry Creek Rd. 6470 Irish Acres Rd. 7505 Grizzly Flat Rd. 530.620.5818 530.620.1675 530.306.9454 530.620.7474 530.620.5303 530.626.0800 ChateauRoutonInc.com MountAukum.com MellowoodVineyard.com IversonWinery.com Oakstone-Winery.com SalutiCellars.com All Gold Country roads lead to Fair Play! You’ll discover over twenty family-owned wineries & enjoy tasting gold medal award-winning wines. Plus you’ll find gourmet dining, lodging, family farms, and more! The Fair Play Wine Country is a short, scenic drive from Sacramento and Lake Tahoe! We’re located in Southern El Dorado County near the Amador County line. “Ask for our Fair Play wines at restaurants, wine bars & your favorite wine shop!” 68 | El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors’ Guide El Dorado County Farm Trails & Visitors Guide 2016-2017