Meadow Lake
Meadow Lake was a historic mining town in Nevada County, California. It was located on the southwest shore of Meadow Lake, about 18 miles northwest of Truckee as the crow flies.- Type: Lake
- Description: human settlement in Nevada County, California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baltimore Town.
Baltimore Town
Hamlet
Baltimore Town, previously Wightman’s Camp, was a historic gold mining camp in eastern Nevada County, California that was founded in 1865. After gold mining stopped in the area, the town faded away around 1869.
Meadow Lake
- Categories: human settlement and body of water
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.41168° or 39° 24′ 42″ north
Longitude
-120.49401° or 120° 29′ 38″ west
Elevation
7,290 feet (2,222 metres)
Open location code
84FXCG64+M9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Meadow Lake” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Meadow Lake, Nevada County, California”
- Italian: “Meadow Lake”
- Turkish: “Meadow Lake”
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