Hinton
Hinton is a locality in Nevada County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 5,499 feet. Hinton is situated nearby to the hamlet Hirschdale, as well as near the neighborhood The Meadows.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: unincorporated community in California
- Also known as: “Hinton, CA”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boca Dam and Iceland.
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. Boca Dam is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hinton.
Iceland
Dwelling
Iceland, once known as Cuba, was an ice farming and lumbering community in eastern Nevada County, California. It was located between Boca, California and the Nevada state line, about 1 1/2 miles south of Floriston, California and 9 miles east of Truckee, California. Iceland is situated 2½ miles east of Hinton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hirschdale and Boca.
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.
Boca
Locality
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.
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 3 miles northeast of Hinton.
Hinton
Latitude
39.37519° or 39° 22′ 31″ northLongitude
-120.07381° or 120° 4′ 26″ westElevation
5,499 feet (1,676 metres)Open location code
84FX9WGG+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 141026768OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Hinton” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “欣頓”
- French: “Hinton”
- Irish: “Hinton”
- Persian: “هینتون، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “هینتون”
- South Azerbaijani: “هینتون، کالیفورنیا”
- Urdu: “ہنٹن، کیلیفورنیا”
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Localities in the Area
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