TV channels & antenna towers in El Dorado Hills, California

With roughly 42,100 residents, El Dorado Hills is a town in California. Within 70 miles of the town center we count 32 licensed TV transmitters: 11 full-power, 5 Class A, 14 low-power and 2 translators. Based on each transmitter's power, antenna height and distance, 22 are likely to arrive at fair strength or better, and 9 at good or strong strength.

By distance, 12 transmitters are within 25 miles, 11 between 25 and 45 miles, and 9 farther out. Eight of the 11 network stations in range are licensed to Sacramento, so most of the network channels you will find here come from Sacramento's stations.

The best-placed network stations are ABC on channel 10 (KXTV), CBS on channel 13 (KOVR), NBC on channel 3 (KCRA-TV), Fox on channel 40 (KTXL), PBS on channel 6 (KVIE), CW on channel 58 (KQCA), ION on channel 29 (KSPX-TV), Telemundo on channel 31.7 (KMAX-TV) and Univision on channel 19 (KUVS-DT). Spanish-language viewers can pick up Telemundo (good signal) and Univision (good signal). 2 full-power stations in range have no network listed in our data; these are typically public television, religious, shopping or independent stations.

Point your antenna SW, at about 218°. The main network towers for El Dorado Hills sit in that direction, so a single directional antenna can pick them all up.

Eight network stations, KQCA, KCRA-TV, KTXL, KVIE and KSPX-TV and others, transmit from the same tower site about 37 miles southwest of El Dorado Hills (217° SW). That one direction covers every station on the site.

Of the 10 full-power and Class A network signals that reach El Dorado Hills at fair strength or better, 80% arrive from the southwest; the rest are spread across two other directions.

All of the main network towers are within their radio horizon as seen from El Dorado Hills, so signals arrive fairly directly and a well-placed antenna should hold them steadily.

The farthest main network tower for El Dorado Hills is KOVR (CBS), 38 miles away with a good estimated signal. That is why we suggest an amplified indoor or attic antenna here. Viewers who do not need that station can often manage with less.

KSAO-LD is only 2.7 miles away with a strong signal. Signals that strong can overload an amplifier, so start without one and add it only if distant channels are missing. Read when an amplifier helps.

With 22 stations at fair strength or better, El Dorado Hills ranks 572nd of 1,078 places in California: fewer than the typical California town (25). Its nearest major network tower is 21 miles away, against a state median of 22 miles.

48% of California's cities and towns get the same recommendation: an amplified indoor or attic antenna. The nearest larger city is Citrus Heights, 11 miles away.