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Donner Lake. / 39.32278°N 120.26444°W / 39.32278; -120.26444. Donner Lake, formerly known as Truckee Lake, [ 2] is a freshwater lake in Northeast California on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of the much larger Lake Tahoe. A moraine serves as a natural dam for the lake.
Location in California. Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high (2,151 m) [ 2] mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles (14 km) west of Truckee, California. Like the Sierra Nevada themselves, the pass has a steep approach from the east and a gradual approach from the west.
Truckee, California. / 39.34222°N 120.20361°W / 39.34222; -120.20361. Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 16,180, reflecting an increase of 2,316 from the 13,864 counted in the 2000 Census and having the 316th highest population in ...
A Beechcraft Baron landing on runway 19, 2012 (now runway 20) Truckee Tahoe Airport [1] ( IATA: TKF, ICAO: KTRK, FAA LID: TRK) is a public airport two miles east of Truckee, California, United States. [2] The airport is in both Nevada County and Placer County. It is owned by Truckee Tahoe Airport District, [1] a bi-county special district.
The Truckee River is a river in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. The river flows northeasterly and is 121 miles (195 km) long. [ 3][ 6] The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great Basin.
The Upper Truckee River is a stream that flows northward from the western slope of Red Lake Peak in Alpine County, California to Lake Tahoe via the Truckee Marsh in South Lake Tahoe, California. The river flows northeasterly and is 23 miles (37 km) long. [3] It is Lake Tahoe's largest tributary.
Little Truckee River. / 39.43056°N 120.41056°W / 39.43056; -120.41056. / 39.38444°N 120.09444°W / 39.38444; -120.09444. The Little Truckee River is a 34.3-mile-long (55.2 km) [1] river that is a tributary to its larger counterpart, the Truckee River, north of Lake Tahoe. It drains the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada ...
Echo Summit is a mountain pass over the Sierra Nevada in the western United States, located in eastern El Dorado County, California. At 7,377 ft (2,249 m) above sea level, it is the highest point on U.S. Route 50 in California, which traverses it at postmile 66.48 between Twin Bridges and Meyers, south of Lake Tahoe .