Willow Creek

Willow Creek is a well-kept, middle-class suburban neighborhood. It is conveniently wedged in between highway 80 and Sacramento River, which give locals a scenic view of the waterline edging the neighborhood. And even though there is no remnants of a commercial area, its still one of the nicer district’s to live in all of Sacramento.

For the most part, Willow Creek has modern suburbia written all over it. Most homes are newly constructed (or at least in the past 20 years) and stacked neatly along orderly streets. Their front yards are modest in size, but make up for it with lush green shrubbery elegantly manicured to entice visitors. Most houses also have an attached two car garage with room for two more in the driveway. While cruising around the neighborhood, the streets are safe, quiet and wide (street parking shouldn’t be a problem). But everything north of El Camino Avenue is a desert wasteland.

While there is no bit of commercial activity, there are a lot of perks within the community. Swallows Nest Country Club is one of the neighborhood’s most well-known attractions. The country club, surrounded by an elegant fence lined hedge, offers a nine hole golf course, a cluster of tennis courts for members and enough events for the families to stay busy. There are also a few neighborhood parks including Shorebird and Hudson Park, which host enough room for a playground and youth soccer events. The freeway junction gives commuters easy access to downtown and the greater Sacramento area. For students, Two Rivers Elementary School and Leroy Greene Middle School are the only school’s that lie within the district’s limits, but have modest online reviews. Moreover, a satellite Sutter Health clinic lies just a five minute drive east of Willow Creek.