Information about Elk Grove, California

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Located halfway between Sacramento and Stockton, Elk Grove began as a hotel and stage stop for those in the entertainment industry and has grown into a population of more than 141,000. Once you live in Elk Grove apartments and experience the city's many festivals, parks and nature preserves, you'll see why so many call this close-knit community with a western lifestyle home.

Elk Grove apartments are an ideal place to live for the city's many college students. Consumnes River College is in downtown Elk Grove, and nearby California State at Sacramento and the University of California at Davis are both within 30 miles of Elk Grove.

If you're new to Elk Grove apartments and want to learn more about the city's history, visit any of Elk Grove's storied festivals. Celebrate Elk Grove's cowboy heritage each May at the Elk Grove Western Festival, a two-day, old-fashioned entertainment event that begins with a parade. The Strauss Festival of Elk Grove blends a 32-piece professional orchestra with colorfully costumed waltz and polka dancers each July at a four-day family event. In the fall, discover the agricultural roots of the city with other apartment residents at the Giant Pumpkin and Harvest Festival, a two-day family party with a raucous caucus of giant pumpkins and patriotic scarecrows at Elk Grove Regional Park.

Also at the 127-acre Elk Grove Regional Park, take in the wildlife, lake, oak trees and green space anytime during the year. If your dog is begging to get out of your apartments, bring him over to the off-leash dog park at Elk Grove Regional Park; if you don't have a pet, do your own frolicking at the park's sports fields, horseshoe stakes, volleyball courts or picnic sites. Or head two miles north to Camden Park and Camden Lake, where you'll find hiking, bicycling and equestrian trails. In Elk Grove, there are more than 50 parks with more than 140 acres of lush landscaping and open space, so you'll always find somewhere peaceful to go.

If that's not enough green space for you, Elk Grove has plenty of must-see nature reserves. Laguna Creek Parkway is a 13-mile waterway featuring wetlands, walking and riding trails, fishing and bird watching. Stone Lakes Refuge is a 3,000-acre narrow stretch of floodplain along the Pacific Flyway, and Consumnes River Preserve is a riparian habitat running along the Consumnes River.

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