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Folsom Lake State Recreation Area Camping

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Campgrounds

Campgrounds in Folsom Lake SRA

Overview

A brief introduction to Folsom Lake SRA

Folsom Lake is a reservoir on the American River in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, United States. Folsom Lake with its surrounding Folsom Lake State Recreation Area is one of the most visited parks in the California park system.
Located within Placer, El Dorado, and Sacramento Counties, it is about 25 mi (40 km) northeast of Sacramento. The lake surface area is 11,500 acres (4,700 ha), its elevation is 466 ft (142 m), and it has 75 mi (121 km) of undulated shoreline.

Read more about Folsom Lake State Recreation Area at Wikipedia

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