Donner Lake
Donner Lake, formerly known as Truckee Lake, is a freshwater lake in Northeast California on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and about 20 miles northwest of the much larger Lake Tahoe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: freshwater lake in California, United States
- Also known as: “Truckee Lake” and “Truckees Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norden and Truckee.
Norden
Hamlet
Norden is a small unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, about 9 miles west of Truckee. The community is located on a former portion of U.S. Route 40 near Interstate 80 and lies along the historical first transcontinental railroad, 1.5 miles west of Donner Pass. Norden is situated 4 miles west of Donner Lake.
Truckee
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Truckee is a pleasant town of 17,000 people in the Lake Tahoe region of California. Just east of the Donner Pass on Interstate 80, Truckee is an easy entry point for travelers from the Bay Area to the region.
Soda Springs
Hamlet
Photo: Drew Jacksich, CC BY 2.0.
Soda Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States. Soda Springs is located 3 miles west of Donner Pass. Soda Springs is situated 6 miles west of Donner Lake.
Donner Lake
- Categories: moraine-dammed lake, reservoir, and body of water
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Donner Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Donner Lake”
- Chinese: “唐納湖”
- Dutch: “Donner Lake”
- Esperanto: “Donner”
- French: “lac Donner”
- French: “Lac Donner”
- Italian: “Donner Lake”
- Italian: “Lago Donner”
- Japanese: “ドナー湖”
- Polish: “Donner”
- Portuguese: “Lago Donner”
- Russian: “Доннер”
- Spanish: “Lago Donner”
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