St. Andrews Village's Front Door Just Got a Fall Refresh. The Park Behind It Hasn't Been Called St. Andrews Since 2008.

If you read through the El Dorado Hills Community Services District's latest park project notes, one line stands out for anyone in St. Andrews Village: this fall, the district refreshed the landscaping at what it calls the St. Andrews entrance to Community Park. For a small, quiet village tucked between El Dorado Hills Boulevard, Harvard Way, and Silva Valley Parkway, that sounds like good news about a home-turf park getting some care.

Here's the part that surprises most residents when they look closer: there is no park named St. Andrews anymore. There used to be one. It's been called something else since September 2008. What got the fall facelift is a different piece of ground entirely, and knowing the difference actually changes where you end up on a Saturday walk.

The Park That Used to Carry the Name

Before it was anything else, the small neighborhood park near St. Andrews Village was named exactly what you'd expect: St. Andrews Park. On September 13, 2008, the CSD rededicated it and renamed it for William "Bill" McCabe, who served as the district's manager from 1972 until his retirement in 1983. It's still there under its new name, McCabe Park, and it's still a modest, functional neighborhood green space: a children's play structure, picnic tables, barbecue grills, a natural turf area, and a drinking fountain. Nothing flashy, which tracks. St. Andrews is one of the community's oldest platted villages, and its park was built to the scale those early villages used, small and walkable rather than destination-sized.

The CSD's 2026 project log doesn't list any capital work at McCabe Park this year. No resurfacing, no new furnishings, no mention at all. The park that used to carry the neighborhood's name has been quietly maintained under someone else's for going on eighteen years, and this year it didn't get a line item.

The Entrance That Kept the Name

Meanwhile, the actual work happened somewhere else. This fall, CSD crews refreshed the planting beds at the entrance into El Dorado Hills Community Park that the district itself labels the St. Andrews entrance, the access point nearest the village on the district's 40-acre flagship park over on Harvard Way. That's a different park altogether from McCabe. Community Park is where the district put its fenced dog park (both the small-dog and large-dog sections got new surfacing back in March), the skate park, multiple playgrounds, a competition pool and wading pool, the Teen Center, and three multi-use sports fields.

For most St. Andrews Village residents, this is almost certainly the park you already mean when you say "the park," even if you've never sorted out which gate carries which name. Now that gate has better landscaping than it did over the summer.

A name on an entrance sign isn't the same thing as a name on a deed. In El Dorado Hills, the map still remembers both.

Here's the short version, side by side:

What's Actually on the Calendar This Fall

That refreshed entrance isn't just cosmetic. It's the gate most St. Andrews Village families will walk through for two events already on the CSD's fall calendar:

• The 6th Annual TRY-athlon, October 3, 2026, at EDH Community Park and Pool. A free swim-bike-run event built for kids of all ages and abilities, with the race starting at 9 a.m. and a finisher party at noon.
• Pumpkin Splash Patch, October 10, 2026, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the CSD Community Pool. Built for ages 2 to 12, with pumpkin picking, treats, and a swim session included. Cost is $18 and preregistration is required.

Both events funnel through the same gate that just got its planting beds redone. If your usual walk already takes you past that entrance, you'll notice the difference before most visiting families do.

A Short Drive Worth Noting

If your fall plans include stocking up for a gathering, one addition at El Dorado Hills Town Center is worth the short drive from St. Andrews Village. Kings Meats, the family-run butcher shop that's operated in Diamond Springs since February 2020, is opening a second location at Town Center, tucked behind OBO' at 4370 Town Center Blvd. Owner Casey King has been planning the expansion for several years, and the new shop is expected to bring the same steakhouse-quality approach the original location built its reputation on: dry-aged and Wagyu beef, Beeler's Pure Pork, house-made sausages, and a specialty cheese program, with a target opening in September 2026. It's not inside the village and it's not a park update, but for anyone doing the Halloween and holiday-season math on where to buy the good cuts, it's a name worth knowing before the calendar fills up.

The Walk Still Works, Once You Know Where It Goes

None of this changes how St. Andrews Village actually functions day to day. It changes what you're picturing when someone mentions "the St. Andrews park." One version of that name sits quietly under a different one, maintained but untouched this year. The other version is a gate into a much bigger park, and it's the one that just got the attention. Knowing which is which means your next walk, or your kid's next fall event, lands exactly where you meant it to.

St. Andrews Village has always been one of El Dorado Hills' smaller, older corners, easy to overlook next to newer villages with bigger amenities and louder marketing. But the district's own maintenance records show it hasn't been forgotten. It's just been renamed, redirected, and quietly maintained under names that don't always match what residents call it out loud.

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