Apple Hill Drive

The perfect weekend trip in the California Foothills."


Apple Hill is located in and around Camino just east of historic Placerville in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains at about 3000 foot elevation (out of the valley fog and below the snowline).  

 Visit on an autumn weekend and you'll find apples, pumpkins, pony rides, face painting, crafts, wine tasting, music and homemade goodies such as apple pies and fresh-squeezed juice.  

The Apple Hill Growers Association includes about 50 ranches.  By Labor Day (September 4th), most Apple Hill growers are open for visitors (some are open year-round) .  Watch the apples being squeezed for juice and the bakeries in operation.  Enjoy an old-fashioned picnic while visiting these working ranches.

 By October 15, most pumpkin patches are open and the kids search the fields for their jack-o- lantern.

After Thanksgiving, families come here to cut their Christmas trees, search the many craft booths for the perfect Christmas present and enjoy the beautiful rural beauty.

Several award-winning wineries with comfortable tasting rooms call Apple Hill home.  Wine tasting is available year-round.

From Sacramento: Take Highway 50 East to Placerville. Take the Schnell School Road exit #48. Turn left and continue 1/2 mile to Carson Road. Turn right on Carson Road and you are on the west end of Apple Hill Drive. 

 

Apple Hill Picks

Ranches

Food / Wineries

Trees  / Pumpkins 

High Hill Ranch

2901 High Hill Rd., Placerville
530-644-1973
Daily Labor Day thru Christmas Eve.

High Hill has large grassy picnic areas, a trout pond, antique popcorn wagon, a collection of antique apple peelers, gift shops and craft fair.

Bolster's Hilltop Ranch

2000 Larsen Dr
Camino, CA 95709
530-644-2230
Open Daily Year Round, 10-5

This orchard has U-pick Blueberries, Picnic area, Cider Mill, Blueberry Plants available.

Boeger Winery

1709 Carson Road
Placerville, California 95667
530-622-8094


Outdoor areas for picnics or events, beautiful visitor center, gift shop and the historic old cellar. Complimentary tasting daily from 10 am to 5 pm. 

Hillside Tree Farm

2881 N. Canyon Rd. Camino 
530-621-2053
Opens week before Thanksgiving
30 Acre Christmas Tree Farm 25,000 Trees - Grassy Walkways
Large Parking Lot - Easy to Get to - Dogs on Leashes Welcome

Boa Vista Orchards
2952 Carson Rd., Placerville
530-622-5522
Open 7 Days a Week
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

Fresh fruit and vegetables year round. A wide variety of delicious jams, jellies, preserves, syrups, homemade pies, pastries, brownies, caramel apples and apple brownies. Fresh squeezed apple cider.

Larsen Apple Barn
(530) 644-1415
2461 Larsen Drive, Camino
Sept 5 - Mid Dec, Closed Saturdays

Bake Shop is "home of the original apple turnover on the hill". Large picnic area with picnic tables, a waterfall, waterwheel and the oldest apple tree in El Dorado County.

Bavarian Hills Restaurant

3100 N. Canyon Road
Camino, CA 95709
530-642-2714
Open daily from Labor Day Weekend. 11am - 5 pm.

Homemade German Food and Deserts, Mt.Grown Fruit, Crafters,"Live German Music", and Winter Celebration.

Indian Rock Tree Farm

3800 North Canyon Road, Camino
(530) 622-4087
Mid November, 8:30 until dark

Christmas tree and fly fishing farm, Douglas Fir, White Fir, Red Fir (Silvertip) Pines, Incense Cedar, Various True Fir

Abel's Apple Acres

2345 Carson Road
530-626-0138
9AM-5PM
(Closed Christmas Day)

Caramel cooking in the antique copper kettle, homemade caramel apples, The Hay Maze, Pumpkin Patch, craft booths.

El Dorado Orchards

530-622-5522
Carson Road Placerville

The Apple Ridge Express Train Rides.

  Home smoked and BBQ'd Tri-Tip and Turkey Sandwiches

Forester Restaurant 

4110 Carson Rd.
Camino
530-644-1818

Family run restaurant / pub in downtown Camino.

 

Kid's Inc.

3245 N. Canyon Rd., Camino
530-622-0084
September-December

Famous "Walkin' Pie, 9 varieties of apples, pumpkins, Indian Corn, and Gourds Nanny's Gift Shop, The Hill Grill offers a full menu.

Area Picks

Attractions

Hotels / Motels 

Restaurants 

Apple Mountain Golf Resort

3455 Carson Rd
Camino, CA 95709-9595
(530) 647-7400

A full service golf facility.

Sequoia

643 Bee Street, Placerville
530-622-5222

Fine dining in restored Victorian Mansion - the Bee-Bennett House.

Carey House

300 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667-5606
(530) 622-4271

Our past guests...Mark Twain, Elvis Presley, John Studebaker, Billy the Kid, Horace Greeley.

Heyday Cafe

325 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667 

Great food, an extensive wine list and good conversation.

Time Out Private Resort & Spa

2452 Apple Vista Lane
Camino California 95709
530-644-0314

A women's private resort featuring massage, spa, wine tasting, and much more.

Red Hawk Casino

1 Red Hawk Parkway
Placerville, CA 95667-8639
(530) 677-7000

Several restaurants.

Camino Hotel
Seven Mile House

4103 Carson Road
Camino, CA 95709
530-644-7740

    DURANGOS BAR AND GRILL

263 Placerville Drive
Placerville, CA 95667
530- 626-0841

Fine Mexican Food.

Jack Russell Brewery 
 
    
2380 Larsen Dr., Camino
(530) 644-4722
Open Daily Year Round, 11-5

GOLD BUG PARK & MINE

2635 Gold Bug Lane
Placerville CA 95667
(530) 642-5207

Best Western Placerville Inn

6850 Green Leaf Drive
Placerville, CA 95667
(530) 622-9100

Cascada

384 Main Street
Placerville, CA 95667
530-344-7757
Great Spanish and Mexican food.