Camino
Camino is a popular area in the fall for apples and is often incorrectly mistaken as Apple Hill, which is the trademarked name of the Apple Hill Growers Association, a 55-member collection of ranches in Camino/Placerville/Pollock Pines. Camino is located about halfway between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe on U.S. Route 50.
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