Donner Lake Village

Donner Lake Village is a neighborhood in Nevada County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 5,951 feet. Donner Lake Village is situated nearby to the neighborhood Donner Ski Haven, as well as near the quarter West End Donner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Donner Pass and Donner Peak.

Donner Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles west of Truckee, California. Donner Pass is situated 2 miles west of Donner Lake Village.

Donner Peak

Peak

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Donner Peak is an 8,019-foot-elevation summit in Placer County, California, United States. Donner Peak is situated 2 miles southwest of Donner Lake Village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norden and Soda Springs.

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 3 miles west of Donner Lake Village.

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 5 miles west of Donner Lake Village.

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.

Donner Lake Village

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.32518° or 39° 19′ 31″ north

Longitude

-120.28576° or 120° 17′ 9″ west

Elevation

5,951 feet (1,814 metres)

Open location code

84FX8PG7+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 141039877

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

5343624

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Donner Ski Haven and West End Donner.

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