West Lakes
West Lakes is a lake in Nevada County, Gold Country, California and has an elevation of 7,241 feet. West Lakes 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 Boreal Mountain Resort and Castle Peak.
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.
Castle Peak
Peak
Photo: miguelvieira, CC BY 2.0.
Castle Peak is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada near I-80, Donner Pass, and the Nevada border. It is in the Tahoe National Forest not far off the Pacific Crest Trail, and adjacent to Castle Pass.
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.
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 5 miles west of West Lakes.
West Lakes
- Type: Lake
- Also known as: “West Lake”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.34267° or 39° 20′ 34″ northLongitude
-120.34142° or 120° 20′ 29″ westElevation
7,241 feet (2,207 metres)Open location code
84FX8MV5+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 93195940OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5408105
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