Golf in Auburn

Auburn is the county seat of Placer County in the Sierra Nevada foothills, at roughly 1,200 feet elevation along Interstate 80 east of Sacramento. The city sits where the American River canyon system approaches the western foothills, and the Old Town Auburn area occupies a gold rush era town site on the canyon rim. Placer County extends from the Sacramento Valley floor to the Nevada border at Tahoe, and Auburn is positioned at a central foothill location in this range. The local economy includes government, retail, and services for surrounding foothill communities, along with some tourism based on the Old Town area and recreation in the American River canyon. Interstate 80 provides direct highway access to Sacramento to the west and to the Tahoe basin and Nevada to the east. Auburn is roughly 30 miles east of Sacramento and serves as a commercial hub for surrounding foothill communities.