Boca
Boca is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Situated at an elevation of 5,528 ft above sea level, Boca is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 6.5 miles northeast of Truckee at exit 194 from Interstate 80 onto Hirschdale Road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Nevada County, California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Boca, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boca Dam and Prosser Creek Dam.
Boca Dam
Dam
Boca Dam is an earthfill dam and a part of the Truckee Storage Project that encompasses Nevada County, California and Washoe County, Nevada in the United States.
Prosser Creek Dam
Dam
Prosser Creek Dam is a dam in Nevada County, California. The earthen and rockfill dam was constructed from 1959 to 1962 by the United States Bureau of Reclamation with a height of 163 feet feet and a crest length of 1,830 feet. Prosser Creek Dam is situated 2½ miles west of Boca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hirschdale and Floriston.
Hirschdale
Hamlet
Photo: Drew Jacksich, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hirschdale is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California. It lies at an elevation of 5446 feet. Hirschdale is located 6.25 miles east-northeast of Truckee. Hirschdale is situated 1½ miles southeast of Boca.
Floriston
Hamlet
Floriston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Nevada County, California. It is situated at an elevation of 5,400 ft above sea level. Floriston is situated 4 miles east of Boca.
Polaris
Locality
Polaris was a historic ice farming community located nearly 3 miles east of Truckee, approximately at the intersection of modern day Glenshire Drive and Quail Lane. Polaris is situated 4 miles southwest of Boca.
Boca
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.38594° or 39° 23′ 9″ northLongitude
-120.09432° or 120° 5′ 40″ westElevation
5,528 feet (1,685 metres)Open location code
84FX9WP4+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 141037731OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Boca” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Boca”
- French: “Boca”
- Irish: “Boca”
- Japanese: “ボカ”
- Turkish: “Boca”
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