Alta
Alta is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States, about 30 miles northeast of Auburn. The village is located off Interstate 80 and along the historical First transcontinental railroad.
- Type: Hamlet with 610 residents
- Description: unincorporated community in California
- Also known as: “Alta, CA” and “Alta, California”
- Postal code: 95701
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Towle and Dutch Flat.
Towle
Hamlet
Towle was an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Towle was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 2 miles east of Dutch Flat. It lies at an elevation of 3694 feet.
Dutch Flat
Hamlet
Baxter
Hamlet
Baxter is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Baxter is located 3 miles east of Dutch Flat. It lies at an elevation of 3891 feet. Baxter is situated 1½ miles east of Alta.
Alta
- Categories: unincorporated community, census-designated place in the United States, and locality
- Location: Placer County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.20679° or 39° 12′ 24″ north
Longitude
-120.81125° or 120° 48′ 41″ west
Population
610
Elevation
3,606 feet (1,099 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US AJL
Open location code
84FX654Q+PF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Alta” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Alta”
- Cebuano: “Alta”
- Chechen: “Альта”
- Chinese: “阿爾塔”
- Croatian: “Alta, Kalifornija”
- Croatian: “Alta”
- French: “Alta”
- German: “Alta”
- Gilaki: “آلتا”
- Irish: “Alta”
- Italian: “Alta”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Alta”
- Ladin: “Alta”
- Malagasy: “Alta, Kalifornia”
- Malagasy: “Alta”
- Persian: “التا، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “التا”
- Polish: “Alta”
- Serbian: “Алта”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alta, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alta, Kalifornija”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alta”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلتا، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Alta”
- Tatar: “Альта”
- Ukrainian: “Альта”
- Urdu: “التا، کیلیفورنیا”
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