Norden
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Norden, CA” and “Norden, California”
- Postal code: 95724
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 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.
Boreal Mountain Resort
Sports venue
Photo: Noah Loverbear, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boreal Mountain California is a ski area in Soda Springs, near the Lake Tahoe area of California. It has six chairlifts and two surface lifts, and offers the only night skiing in Tahoe, until 8 pm. Boreal Mountain Resort is situated 1½ miles north of Norden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soda Springs and Soda Springs.
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 2 miles west of Norden.
Soda Springs
Locality
Soda Springs is a set of springs in Placer County, California that was in the 19th century once the location of a hotel and resort. Soda Springs is located on the North Fork of the American River, 2 miles west of Tinker Knob, and 4 miles north-northwest of Granite Chief. Soda Springs is situated 4½ miles south of Norden.
Kingvale
Hamlet
Kingvale is a census-designated place in Placer County and Nevada County, California, United States. The CDP straddles the border of the two counties, with Nevada County to the north and Placer County to the south. Kingvale is situated 5 miles west of Norden.
Norden
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.31401° or 39° 18′ 50″ northLongitude
-120.33953° or 120° 20′ 22″ westElevation
6,939 feet (2,115 metres)United Nations Location Code
US NDQOpen location code
84FX8M76+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 141042302OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5377214Wikidata ID
Q7050596
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Norden” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “諾登”
- French: “Norden”
- Japanese: “ノーデン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Norden”
- Persian: “نردن، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “نردن”
- South Azerbaijani: “نوردن، کالیفورنیا”
- Turkish: “Donner”
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