Phillips, California

38°49′05″N 120°04′40″W

Phillips
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°49′05″N 120°04′40″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	El Dorado County
Elevation [1]	6,873 ft (2,095 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	18

Phillips (formerly, Phillip's^[1] and Vade Post Office^[2]) is a small unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.^[1] It is located on the South Fork of the American River, 2.5 miles (4 km) west of Echo Summit,^[2] at an elevation of 6,873 feet (2095 m).^[1] It is the site of the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort. The ZIP code is 95720. The community is inside area code 530.

Joseph Wells Davis Phillips began cattle ranching here in 1859, and opened a hotel in 1863.^[2] The Vade post office operated at Phillips from 1912 to 1961.^[2] As of 2020, the Phillips family still owned the townsite, which has long been a site for manual surveys of Sierra Nevada snowpack.^[3]