Slate Creek
Slate Creek is a stream in Nevada County, Gold Country, California. Slate Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Sunset View, as well as near Newtown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grass Valley Public Library and Nevada Union High School.
Grass Valley Public Library
Library
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grass Valley Public Library is a Carnegie library and on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in Grass Valley, California and a part of the Nevada County Library System, it is open Tuesday through Saturday. Grass Valley Public Library is situated 2½ miles southeast of Slate Creek.
Nevada Union High School
School
Nevada Union High School is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills northeast of California's capital, Sacramento. Situated between Nevada City and Grass Valley, the school serves those two incorporated cities and a large surrounding community. Nevada Union High School is situated 2 miles east of Slate Creek.
John Woolman School
Building
John Woolman School was a private boarding Quaker high school founded in 1963 in Nevada City, California. It operated full-time until 2001, when it closed because of financial difficulties. John Woolman School is situated 2 miles north of Slate Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtown and Grass Valley.
Newtown
Hamlet
Newtown is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2113 feet. Newtown is located 4.5 miles west of Nevada City. Newtown was settled in 1850, but never grew very large; its 1855 population was 53.
Grass Valley
Photo: Jane Pojawa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 14,016. Situated at roughly 2,500 feet in elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this northern Gold Country city is 57 miles by car from Sacramento and 88 miles west of Reno.
Boston Ravine
Hamlet
Boston Ravine is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Boston Ravine is located 1 mile south-southwest of Grass Valley. Its elevation is 2,339 ft above sea level. Boston Ravine is situated 2½ miles southeast of Slate Creek.
Slate Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.24267° or 39° 14′ 34″ northLongitude
-121.0894° or 121° 5′ 22″ westElevation
2,051 feet (625 metres)Open location code
84FW6WV6+36GeoNames ID
5396364
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sunset View and Sierra Vista Park.
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Highlights include Sunset View Reservoir and Empress Mine.
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