Summit Valley
Summit Valley is a valley in Placer County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 6,772 feet. Summit Valley is situated nearby to the hamlet Norden, as well as near Soda Springs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Donner Pass and Boreal Mountain Resort.
Donner Pass
Mountain saddle
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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 Pass is situated 2 miles east of Summit Valley.
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 Summit Valley.
Mount Lincoln
Peak
Mount Lincoln is an 8,383-foot-elevation mountain summit in Placer County, California, United States. Mount Lincoln is situated 2½ miles southeast of Summit Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norden and Soda Springs.
Norden
Hamlet
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.
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.
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 4 miles west of Summit Valley.
Summit Valley
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 6,772 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Placer County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.31324° or 39° 18′ 48″ northLongitude
-120.35909° or 120° 21′ 33″ westElevation
6,772 feet (2,064 metres)Open location code
84FX8J7R+79GeoNames ID
5399894
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