Carpenter Hill is a

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located in the eastern Sacramento Valley- Sierra Nevada foothills region of

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. The hill, located within the city limits of

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, near the

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/ El Dorado county line and north of U.S. Route 50, rises to an elevation of . Despite its low elevation, the hill is the county highpoint of Sacramento County and thus the summit offers expansive views of the Central Valley. It is the lowest highpoint of any county in California, lower than second-place

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's Mount Davidson by about . Several antennas and towers stand on Carpenter Hill's grassy summit. The low elevation of the hill means snow rarely falls on its summit.

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