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Welcome to Five Mile Terrace ...

Five Mile Terrace is located in El Dorado County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Five Mile Terrace: Five Mile Ter. (or less commonly used: Five Mile Terr.)

Five Mile Terrace is 2,930 feet [893 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Five Mile Terrace is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Five Mile Terrace lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Five Mile Terrace: 530 & 837<3>

Websites for Five Mile Terrace ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Five Mile Terrace, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Five Mile Terrace ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Five Mile Terrace.

  • Placerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Plymouth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Tiger Lily
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
  • Diamond Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Somerset
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Kelsey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
  • Pollock Pines
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • El Dorado
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Fresh Pond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Five Mile Terrace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Five Mile Terrace.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Five Mile Terrace. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Five Mile Terrace.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Five Mile Terrace. See our Newspapers Page for Five Mile Terrace.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Five Mile Terrace ...

Looking for more information about Five Mile Terrace? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Five Mile Terrace, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Five Mile Terrace.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including El Dorado, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Five Mile Terrace - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Five Mile Terrace area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Five Mile Terrace area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.