What are the EDH rocks and who owns them?

Warning:

This information has not been verified as accurate for 2026.

El Dorado Hills rocks

The rocks, which are located on the east side of El Dorado Hills Boulevard, near Wilson Drive, started out in the 1960s as one rock, which served as a community bulletin board of sorts, with painted messages ranging from “Still One Nation Under God” to “Happy Sweet 16th Birthday, Mary Ann.”

A controversy erupted when some patriotic members of the community “co-opted” (in the eyes of the students who tend to post the most messages) the rock for September 11-type slogans.

A truce was reached when a second rock was brought in to supplement the original one.

The community takes a laissez faire attitude to ownership and control of the rocks.

Figure 1. El Dorado Hills rocks: happy birthday (2003, by the creators)

Figure 2. El Dorado Hills rocks: marry me (2003, by the creators)

Figure 3. El Dorado Hills rocks: under god (2003, by the creators)

Figure 4. El Dorado Hills rocks: band (2025, by the creators)

Figure 5. El Dorado Hills rocks: gone too soon (2025, by the creators)

For more information

to be added:

This section needs to be added.

About this topic

status by editor about the EDH rocks (2025-10-15):

I added to this file two rock photos taken in 2025.

migrated-source:

This topic was initially populated using source material published in 2003, supplemented with additional input from human contributors and AI assistants in 2025. The content reflects legacy information, partial updates, and newly created information.