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Granite Bay, Placer County: Community Guide
Granite Bay sits just west of Folsom Lake and east of Roseville, in Placer County. The typical lot is about 17,300 square feet, larger than in most of Sacramento County, and the neighborhoods range from older streets near the lake to guard-gated communities.
Granite Bay at a glance
Granite Bay sits just west of Folsom Lake and east of Roseville, in Placer County. The typical lot is about 17,300 square feet, larger than in most of Sacramento County, and the neighborhoods range from older streets near the lake to guard-gated communities.
Only in Granite Bay
What the ground under Granite Bay is made of.
Granite Bay sits on granodiorite of the Penryn Pluton, a foothill granite formation. Nearby in Penryn, Griffith Quarry opened in 1864 and is now Griffith Quarry Park & Museum, a Placer County park with three miles of trails.
Old Granite Bay
Room to spread out near the lake.
The older part of Granite Bay sits near Folsom Lake. In MetroList closed sales, homes built in 1989 or earlier had a median lot of about 17,400 square feet, and 40 percent were half an acre or larger. Beals Point, on the lake's west shore, has a beach and a snack bar. Folsom Lake State Recreation Area has about 95 miles of trails for hikers, bikers and riders on horseback.
The Douglas Boulevard open space
Open land with the road kept at a distance.
Placer County's Granite Bay Community Plan has a Rural Residential designation meant to preserve rural character, including the recreational use of horses. Rural Low Density parcels carry minimums of 0.9 to 2.3 acres, and a common zoning minimum is 40,000 square feet. Along Douglas Boulevard, one county report notes a 300-foot scenic setback, and the plan has a program to keep an open space buffer on the south side of the road.
The Park at Granite Bay
A smaller lot with a park of its own.
The Park at Granite Bay sits on Sierra College Boulevard, between Anabelle Avenue and Haskell Way, on about 16 acres. It has 56 single-family homes, a mix of one and two stories, on lots from 7,150 to 17,196 square feet. A 0.81-acre neighborhood park is open to the public from dawn to dusk. The county approved a rezone from the area's 40,000-square-foot minimum to make these lots possible.
Los Lagos
An acre in Granite Bay.
Los Lagos homes are typically about 4,700 square feet on lots of about an acre, and most were built around 2000. Typically, homes in Los Lagos sell for about $1.9M (22 sales over the past two years, median $1,925,000, from about $950k to $3.7M). Guides and listings describe it as a guard-gated community with an association, and we confirm the gate and the dues for each address.
Price by lot size
See how lot size changes the price.
Lot size is the biggest difference in Granite Bay. Last year's median sale price, by lot size (single-family homes, ZIP 95746): half an acre or less, $1,105,000 (164 sales); half an acre to just under an acre, $1,551,000 (72 sales); and one acre or more, $1,900,000 (37 sales). Larger lots come with their own checks, such as well, septic and the Placer County rules for the parcel, which we look up for each address.
Around Granite Bay
A larger lot, with Folsom Lake on the east side and shopping centers close by.
The typical single-family lot here is about 17,300 square feet, roughly 0.4 acre. Folsom Lake lies on the east side of the community, and Granite Bay sits just east of Roseville. Douglas Boulevard meets Sierra College Boulevard and Auburn-Folsom Road at two shopping centers. Sierra Oaks Plaza, at Douglas and Sierra College, has two neighborhood grocery stores. Granite Bay Town Center, at Auburn-Folsom Road, has a market and restaurants.
Close by
Hospitals and a college close to Granite Bay.
Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center is at 1600 Eureka Road in Roseville, and Sutter Roseville Medical Center is at One Medical Plaza Drive. Mercy Hospital of Folsom, at 1650 Creekside Drive in Folsom, lists Granite Bay among the communities it serves. Sierra College's main campus is in Rocklin, with a Roseville campus as well.
The numbers, in one breath
Every neighborhood has a median, and in Sacramento the median only tells part of the story. Lot sizes vary. Eras mix. Custom homes sit beside tract homes. So even where the median is $1,225,000, there are one-of-a-kind homes that sell for far more, and the street, the lot and the details move the number.
Last year, 275 single-family homes sold in ZIP 95746 (October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026). The typical home was built in 1994, with 4 bedrooms and about 2,991 square feet, on a lot of about 17,315 square feet. Half of the sales landed between $950k and $1.64M, depending on lot size, condition, square footage and more, and the median was $1,225,000. Condos and townhomes aren't included. This is what happened, not what will happen. Ask us for today's numbers.
Good to know before you look
Granite Bay is unincorporated, so Placer County and several special districts provide services. Zoning in parts of the community sets minimum lots of 40,000 square feet. FEMA flood zone status is mapped parcel by parcel. We look these up for each address.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Beals Point?
Beals Point is on the west shore of Folsom Lake, reached from Auburn-Folsom Road south of Douglas Boulevard.
Is Granite Bay part of Roseville?
No. Granite Bay is an unincorporated community in Placer County, just east of Roseville.
Why is it called Granite Bay?
It is named for a bay in Folsom Lake. The reservoir was created in the mid-1950s.
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