About the Area
- Air Transportation
Placer County is easily accessible by two major airports. The Sacramento International Airport to the west, is a quick 40 minute drive to Auburn, nestled in the Sierra Nevada foothills; and the Reno - Tahoe International Airport to the east, with hundreds of daily commercial flights, is just a 55 minute drive to Tahoe's North Shore. In addition, private planes, helicopters and small jets utilize three smaller airports in Placer County: Lincoln - in the Valley near Interstate 80 (I-80) and Hwy 65 Auburn - in the Sierra foothills, off I-80 Truckee-Tahoe- on Hwy 267, near I-80, and 20 minutes from Lake Tahoe
- Surface Transportation
Interstate 80, which begins in the San Francisco Bay Area and heads east to Sacramento, crosses over the Sierra Nevada mountains and reaches Lake Tahoe at the eastern end of Placer County before swinging northeast to Reno, Nevada. Interstate 5 from Los Angeles is a quick drive up to Sacramento where one catches I-80E, then continue 20 miles east to the Placer County line.
When planning where to house your crew and production office, you'll discover a wide variety of accommodation choices with thousands of rooms from which to choose. The county caters to a wide ranging clientele requiring convention hotels, condos and five star resorts and retreats. For others there are quaint, picturesque motels extended-stay hotels, and charming Bed and Breakfasts as well as lovely rental homes, especially in the mountains and Lake Tahoe area. While the film office is happy to assist you with lodging needs, the following organizations are poised to assist you in more detail:
Please contact the Placer - Lake Tahoe Film Office directly for assistance. An updated regional directory is currently in development and eventually will be posted here as well as distributed in hard copy format.
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