Truckee Meadows
The Truckee Meadows is a valley in Northern Nevada, named for the Truckee River, which collects and drains all water in the valley. Truckee Meadows is also colloquially used as a name for the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area, even though the metro area includes areas outside this valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Plain
- Description: valley in northern Nevada, USA
- Also known as: “Pleasant Valley”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Meadowood Mall and Reno-Sparks Convention Center.
Meadowood Mall
Shopping center
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meadowood Mall is a one-level, 901,357-square-foot super-regional mall in Reno, Nevada, managed by Simon Property Group, which owns 50% of it. Meadowood Mall contains 125 retailers and restaurants and it is anchored by Macy's Women, Macy's Men/Home, JCPenney, and Dick's Sporting Goods.
Reno-Sparks Convention Center
Event venue
The Reno-Sparks Convention Center is a convention center in the western United States, located in Reno, Nevada. Opened 61 years ago in 1965 as Centennial Coliseum, it hosted the Big Sky Conference basketball tournament in 1983, and also hosts boxing matches. Reno-Sparks Convention Center is situated 2½ miles northwest of Truckee Meadows.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reno and Sparks.
Reno
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Reno, the "Biggest Little City in the World", is in the beautiful north-west region of the State of Nevada, right at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Sparks
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Sparks is a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. It was founded in 1904, incorporated on March 15, 1905, and is located just east of Reno. The 2020 U.S. Census counted 108,445 residents in the city.
Truckee Meadows
- Categories: plain and landform
- Location: Washoe County, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Truckee Meadows” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Truckee Meadows”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Truckee Meadows”
- Norwegian: “Truckee Meadows”
- Polish: “Truckee Meadows”
- Spanish: “Truckee Meadows”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Huffaker Hills and Rattlesnake Mountain.
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