Twin Crags
Twin Crags is a cliff in Placer County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 6,565 feet. Twin Crags is situated nearby to the locality Rampart, as well as near Sunnyside–Tahoe City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Watson Log Cabin and Lake Tahoe Dam.
Watson Log Cabin
Museum
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Watson Log Cabin in Tahoe City, California, was built in 1908 by Robert Montgomery Watson. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Lake Tahoe Dam
Dam
Photo: Little Mountain 5, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Tahoe Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Truckee River, at the outlet of Lake Tahoe in Placer County, California. Tahoe Dam regulates the top six feet of Lake Tahoe, and distributes the water into Tahoe's primary outflow, the Truckee River.
Burton Creek State Park
Nature reserve
Burton Creek State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, located in Placer County near Truckee. Situated on the outskirts of Tahoe City, the park offers 6 miles of unpaved roadway for hiking and cross-country skiing. Burton Creek State Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Twin Crags.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunnyside–Tahoe City and Tahoe City.
Sunnyside–Tahoe City
Locality
Photo: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sunnyside–Tahoe City is a census-designated place in Placer County, California, located on the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe. The population was 1,555 at the 2020 census, down from 1,557 at the 2010 census, and its land area is 3.5 sq mi.
Tahoe City
Tahoe City is a town on the California side of the Lake Tahoe region. The city was once the site of logging and hunting activity for the northern Tahoe Basin, now it is little more than a year round vacation town catering to visitors and locals daily needs.Sunnyside
Quarter
Sunnyside is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Sunnyside is located on Lake Tahoe, 2 miles south-southwest of Tahoe City. It lies at an elevation of 6260 feet. Sunnyside is situated 2 miles south of Twin Crags.
Twin Crags
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 6,565 feet
- Description: cliff in Placer County, California, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Placer County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.16657° or 39° 9′ 60″ northLongitude
-120.16603° or 120° 9′ 58″ westElevation
6,565 feet (2,001 metres)Open location code
84FX5R8M+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 358777584OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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In Other Languages
“Twin Crags” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Twin Crags (pangpang sa Estados Unidos, California)”
- Cebuano: “Twin Crags”
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Localities in the Area
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