Donner Lake Dam
Donner Lake Dam is a dam in Nevada County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 5,938 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Nevada County, California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Donner Lake 301 Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Truckee and Norden.
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.
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 6 miles west of Donner Lake Dam.
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 6 miles east of Donner Lake Dam.
Donner Lake Dam
Latitude
39.32367° or 39° 19′ 25″ northLongitude
-120.23717° or 120° 14′ 14″ westElevation
5,938 feet (1,810 metres)Open location code
84FX8QF7+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 358812211OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Donner Lake Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Donner Lake 301 Dam”
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Explore places such as Blitz Tract and Armstrong.
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