It will take you about 45 minutes to reach Eden Vale Inn from Sacramento in non rush hours.

From downtown Sacramento get on Highway 50 east towards South Lake Tahoe.
Continue on through the valley on Highway 50 until you get up into the foothills (about 30 miles) from downtown Sacramento. Go past El Dorado Hills exit, Bass Lake exit, Cambridge Rd exit, Cameron Park exit. The next exit will be Ponderosa Road exit. Take this exit and get into left lane. Turn left at light and go north (left) across the freeway. Get into right lane and turn right after second light onto N. Shingle Spring Road (sign says Rescue/N. Shingle Springs Rd.) that fronts the freeway for a ½ mile or so. Continue on this road for about 7 miles. The signs will say Coloma/Lotus. After about 4.5 miles the road name changes to Lotus Road.

The land mark that is readily observable, when you are near, is a large firewood operation on the right. There you turn left onto Springvale Road and go .2 mile to 1780 Springvale Rd. Eden Vale Inn is the third driveway on the left. Watch for the sign at the driveway.

If you miss Springvale Road, you’ll continue uphill on Lotus Road then descend down the other side toward the American River and Lotus/Coloma. Turn around and come back. Springvale Rd. will be a U turn now at the bottom of the hill.

Eden Vale Inn
1780 Springvale Road
Placerville, CA 95667
530-621-0901

From Auburn take Highway 49 heading south.
It takes about 30 minutes by car. You’ll cross the Middle Fork of the American River at the bottom of the canyon and then you go up through Cool. About 25 minutes south of Auburn you’ll come to Coloma. The important turn is coming up. Turn right on Lotus Road immediately after crossing the South Fork of the American River. The Sierra Nevada House is a landmark old hotel on the corner. Go through Lotus on Lotus Road, up steep grade past Sutter Mill School on the right. Then you begin a long descent down a hill (about 1.5 miles). At the bottom of the hill you see a big firewood operation on the left. Here is where you will turn right onto Springvale Road (it’s almost a U turn). Eden Vale Inn is the third driveway on the left. Watch for the sign at the driveway.

From South Lake Tahoe/Placerville heading west.
Go west through Placerville on Highway 50 and in about 4 miles take Greenstone Road off ramp (exit right before Red Hawk Casino). Go right (north) until you dead end into Green Valley Road. Go left and continue about 3 miles until you come to a stop sign. Turn right onto Lotus Road. Go approximately 3 miles, then turn left onto Springvale Road before the road ascends a hill. Eden Vale Inn is the third driveway on the left. Watch for the sign at the driveway.