From Sacramento:
Take Highway 50 East. Placerville is about 45 minutes out of Sacramento. Take Placerville Drive exit. Stay to the right and pass back over the highway.
From South Lake Tahoe:
Take Highway 50 West. Placerville is about 1 1/2 hours out of South Lake Tahoe. Take the second Placerville Drive exit. Turn right at first stoplight.
From Plymouth:
Take Highway 49 North to Placerville. Turn West on Highway 50. Take the second Placerville Drive exit. Turn right at first stoplight.
From Auburn:
Take Highway 49 South to Placerville. Turn West on Highway 50. Take the second Placerville Drive exit. Turn right at first stoplight.
Fairgrounds Access Gates:
Green Gate: Go straight through stoplights. Green Gate will be on the right side, across from
Big O Tires.
Blue Gate: Go straight through stoplights. Turn right just before Shell Station (Armory Drive).
Blue Gate is straight ahead.
Parking Tiers: Go straight through stoplights. Turn right just before Shell Station (Armory
Drive). Blue Gate is straight ahead, parking tiers are on left.
Yellow Gate: Turn right at second stoplight (Fair Lane). Yellow Gate is on left just past
Dennys.
Other gates:
Red Gate: ballfield/pit entrance
Checkered Gate: grandstand entrance from parking tiers
Brown Gate: next to Henningsen Pavilion and Log Cabin
Purple Gate: inside Brown Gate, next to washracks entering livestock parking
Secret Gate: entrance off County Building C road, into livestock parking
Available shuttles from Tahoe and Placerville
Shuttle service from South Lake Tahoe, Meyers and Stateline via BlueGO
and Free shuttle from Government Center, Missouri Flat Road Park and Ride, and Walmart park and Ride Lots.