China Gardens

China Gardens is a plain in Douglas, Nevada and has an elevation of 6,263 feet. China Gardens is situated nearby to the hamlet Glenbrook, as well as near the neighborhood Logan Creek Estates.

Places of Interest

Highlights include SS Tahoe and Spooner Lake.

SS Tahoe

Disaster remains

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SS Tahoe was a steamship that operated on Lake Tahoe at the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th. Scuttled in 1940, the wreck presently lies in 400 feet of water off Glenbrook, Nevada.

Spooner Lake

Reservoir

Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Spooner Lake is a man-made reservoir located just north of the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 28 near Spooner Summit, a pass in the Carson Range of the Sierra Nevada, leading to Carson City, Nevada from Lake Tahoe. Spooner Lake is situated 2 miles east of China Gardens.

Spooner Summit

Mountain saddle

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Spooner Summit is a mountain pass through the Carson Range, linking the Lake Tahoe Area to Carson City via US 50. The highest point of the pass is located just east of Spooner Lake just before the first set of curves when traveling eastbound. Spooner Summit is situated 2½ miles east of China Gardens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glenbrook.

Glenbrook

Hamlet

Glenbrook is a census-designated place on the east shore of Lake Tahoe in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, Glenbrook had a population of 315.

China Gardens

Type: Plain
Category: landform
Location: Douglas, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.10269° or 39° 6′ 10″ north

Longitude

-119.94407° or 119° 56′ 39″ west

Elevation

6,263 feet (1,909 metres)

Open location code

85F24334+39

GeoNames ID

5501712

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