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High Hill Ranch at 2901 High Hill Road, Placerville, is the one-stop shop for family activities, crafts and desserts. The ranch, which ranked No. 1 on The Bee’s best Apple Hill destinations poll ...
In the early 1960s, a pear blight encouraged growers in and around Camino, CA to switch their production to apples. [4] Gene Bolster, who was an apple grower; Dick Bethell, El Dorado county's pomology specialist and farm advisor; Ed Delfino, the county's agricultural commissioner; and Bob Tuck, a retired army office, organized what is known today as the Apple Hill Growers Association.
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Camino is a popular area in the fall for apple picking. As a result, Camino is often incorrectly mistaken as Apple Hill. It is also known for its many Christmas tree farm ranches and the annual Apple Hill Run. Camino is located about halfway between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe on U.S. Route 50. Its first post office opened in 1904. [3]
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Placerville was a central hub for the Mother Lode region's mining operations. [16] The town had many services, including transportation (of people and goods), lodging, banking, and had a market and general store. The history of hard-rock mining is evidenced by an open and accessible Gold Bug Park & Mine, now a museum with tours and books. [17]
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Placerville: 14.90: US 50 – Lake Tahoe, Sacramento: 15.69: SR 193 north – Georgetown: Eastern terminus of SR 193: Coloma: 22.87: Cold Springs Road – Gold Hill: Eastern terminus of SR 153: Cool: 34.47: SR 193 east – Greenwood, Georgetown: South end of SR 193 overlap: North Fork American River: 38.23