Best Neighborhoods for Schools in Cameron Park, CA

Cameron Park Lake anchors the part of Cameron Park just off Highway 50 in El Dorado County, and most days it shows. A mile-long loop of paved and dirt path rings the water, an 18-hole disc golf course winds through the grounds, and catch-and-release fishing happens off the banks. Walkers come for the birds as well, since waterfowl and songbirds use the lake and the pond beside it. ... See Full Page

Cameron Airpark Estates is the part of Cameron Park where the garage is a hangar. More than a hundred homes here have a hangar attached and a direct taxi route to the runway, and the streets are wide enough to share with small planes. Street signs are mounted low and stop signs sit near knee height so wingspans clear them. ... See Full Page

Bar J Ranch sits in Cameron Park close to Highway 50, along Country Club Drive, and it holds a good share of the town's everyday public space. Christa McAuliffe Park is inside it, with a playground and a skate park that opens at 7:30 in the morning and stays open until dusk. The El Dorado County library's Cameron Park branch is in the neighborhood too, so one errand can cover a book return and a lap around the park. ... See Full Page

Eastwood Park takes its name from a quiet CSD park of open turf and picnic tables under oak trees, and the neighborhood in Cameron Park stretches along Cameron Park Drive from there. It is a small area where houses and a short run of everyday shops share the same few blocks, so a lot of life happens within a couple of minutes of the park. ... See Full Page

Cameron Park Country Club gives this part of Cameron Park its name. Bert Stamps designed the 18-hole course, which began with nine holes in the early 1960s and is private, so the fairways are scenery for the streets around them rather than a place to wander. The Cameron Park Community Services District runs its community center on Country Club Drive, and Hacienda Park is in the neighborhood for anyone who wants a green patch without a tee time. ... See Full Page

Cameron Estates is Cameron Park's shopping and dining district, centered on Coach Lane. It is mostly commercial rather than residential, and Cameron Estates is not a place you pick for its houses, so think of it as the place the whole town drives to for groceries, a beer or a pizza instead of a street of houses. ... See Full Page