Alta Sierra
Alta Sierra is a census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 7,204 at the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 6,910 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Alta Sierra, CA” and “Alta Sierra, California”
- Neighbors: Grass Valley
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cedar Ridge and Peardale.
Cedar Ridge
Hamlet
Cedar Ridge is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, along State Route 174 2.5 miles east/southeast of Grass Valley, California. and approximately 1 mile east/southeast of the Empire Mine in Gold Country. Cedar Ridge is situated 4½ miles northeast of Alta Sierra.
Peardale
Hamlet
Peardale is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, along State Route 174, southeast of Cedar Ridge, California and northwest of Chicago Park, California. Peardale is situated 4½ miles northeast of Alta Sierra.
Union Hill
Hamlet
Union Hill is a former settlement in Nevada County, California, 1.5 mi from Grass Valley. Its elevation is 2,700 ft above sea level. Gold mining is recorded as early as January 30, 1851. Union Hill is situated 4½ miles north of Alta Sierra.
Alta Sierra
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.14156° or 39° 8′ 30″ northLongitude
-121.05384° or 121° 3′ 14″ westPopulation
6,910Elevation
2,310 feet (704 metres)Open location code
84FW4WRW+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 141041435OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
5323500Wikidata ID
Q1931078
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Alta Sierra” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألتا سييرا”
- Basque: “Alta Sierra”
- Catalan: “Alta Sierra”
- Cebuano: “Alta Sierra”
- Chechen: “Альта-Сьерра”
- Chinese: “Alta Sierra”
- Chinese: “阿爾塔西埃拉”
- Croatian: “Alta Sierra, Kalifornija”
- Croatian: “Alta Sierra”
- Dutch: “Alta Sierra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “التا سييرا”
- French: “Alta Sierra”
- German: “Alta Sierra”
- Gilaki: “آلتا سیرا”
- Irish: “Alta Sierra”
- Italian: “Alta Sierra”
- Ladin: “Alta Sierra”
- Malagasy: “Alta Sierra, Kalifornia”
- Malagasy: “Alta Sierra”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alta Sierra”
- Newari: “अल्टा सियरा, क्यालिफोर्निया”
- Newari: “अल्टा सियरा”
- Persian: “التا سایرا”
- Polish: “Alta Sierra”
- Portuguese: “Alta Sierra”
- Serbian: “Алта Сијера”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alta Sierra, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alta Sierra”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلتا سیرا، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Alta Sierra (California)”
- Spanish: “Alta Sierra”
- Swedish: “Alta Sierra, Kalifornien”
- Swedish: “Alta Sierra”
- Tatar: “Альта-Сьерра”
- Turkish: “Alta Sierra”
- Ukrainian: “Альта-Сьєрра”
- Volapük: “Alta Sierra”
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