North Fork American River
North Fork American River is a stream in Placer County, Gold Country, California. North Fork American River is situated nearby to the suburb Represa, as well as near the hamlet El Dorado Hills.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Folsom State Prison and Folsom Dam.
Folsom State Prison
Prison
Photo: Vidor, Public domain.
Folsom California State Prison is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, United States, approximately 20 miles northeast of the state capital of Sacramento.
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.
California State Prison, Sacramento
Prison
California State Prison, Sacramento is a male-only state prison located in the city of Folsom, in Sacramento County, California. The facility is also referenced as Sacramento State Prison, CSP-Sacramento, CSP-SAC, and occasionally, New Folsom or New Folsom Prison which was its official name prior to October 1992.
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.
North Fork American River
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Placer County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.71157° or 38° 42′ 42″ northLongitude
-121.1455° or 121° 8′ 44″ westElevation
469 feet (143 metres)Open location code
84CWPV63+JRGeoNames ID
5377403
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Represa and El Dorado Hills.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Folsom Lake and Folsom Dam.
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