Donner Pass
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.- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 7,093 feet
- Description: mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, California
- Also known as: “Truckey Pass of California Mountains” and “ドナー・パス”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Donner Peak and Mount Lincoln.
Donner Peak
Peak
Donner Peak is an 8,019-foot-elevation summit in Placer County, California, United States.
Boreal Mountain Resort
Sports venue
Boreal Mountain California is a ski area in Soda Springs, near the Lake Tahoe area of California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norden and Soda Springs.
Soda Springs
Locality
Soda Springs is a set of springs in Placer County… Soda Springs is situated 4½ miles south of Donner Pass.
Donner Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Placer County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.31598° or 39° 18′ 58″ north
Longitude
-120.32157° or 120° 19′ 18″ west
Elevation
7,093 feet (2,162 metres)
Open location code
84FX8M8H+99
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Donner Pass” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “pas de Donner”
- Dutch: “Donner Pass”
- French: “Col Donner”
- French: “Donner Pass”
- German: “Donner Pass”
- German: “Donnerpass”
- Hebrew: “מעבר דונר”
- Japanese: “ドナー峠”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Donner Pass”
- Portuguese: “Passo Donner”
- Spanish: “paso Donner”
- Spanish: “Paso Donner”
- Turkish: “Donner Geçidi”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Weeks Tract and Emmons Tract.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Petroglyphs and Snowshed.
Placer County: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Roseville and Auburn.
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