Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
The Folsom Lake State Recreation Area surrounds Folsom Lake in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The majority of it is owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and is managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: park on the American River in the Sacramento metropolitan area
- Also known as: “The Folsom Lake State Recreation Area”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Folsom Dam.
Folsom Dam
Power station
Photo: The Oaked Ridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Folsom Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the American River of Northern California in the United States, about 25 mi northeast of Sacramento. The dam is 340 ft high and 1,400 ft long, flanked by earthen wing dams. Folsom Dam is situated 2 miles southwest of Folsom Lake State Recreation Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Folsom and El Dorado Hills.
Folsom
Photo: The Oaked Ridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Folsom is a city of 82,000 people in Sacramento County in California. Folsom is home to Folsom Lake College, Folsom Dam, Folsom Prison and a historic district. Folsom is also home to the largest private employer in the Sacramento area, Intel.
El Dorado Hills
Photo: Vince Migliore, CC BY 3.0.
El Dorado Hills is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in El Dorado County, California. Located in the Greater Sacramento region of Northern California, it had a population of 50,547 at the 2020 census, up from 42,108 at the 2010 census.
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: El Dorado County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.73157° or 38° 43′ 54″ northLongitude
-121.133° or 121° 7′ 59″ westElevation
469 feet (143 metres)Open location code
84CWPVJ8+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 358765978OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Folsom Lake State Recreation Area” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Folsom Lake State Recreation Area”
- Hebrew: “אזור הנופש המדינתי אגם פולסום”
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