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Olympic Valley

Olympic Valley is an unincorporated community located in , United States. It lies northwest of along California State Highway 89 on the banks of the Truckee River near .
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  • Type: Village with 924 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Ladies Paradise”, “Olympic Valley, CA”, “Olympic Valley, California”, “Squaw Valley”, “Squaw Valley, CA”, “Squaw Valley, California”, “Squaw Valley, Placer County, CA”, and “Squaw Valley, Placer County, California”
  • Postal code: 96146

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olympic Valley and Lake Tahoe Preparatory School.

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is a ski resort town on the border between and Nevada area centered around . Ski Resort covers 3,600 acres employing 30 chairlifts and the only funitel in the U.S.

School
is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory boarding school located in Olympic Valley, California. Established in 1978 by founder Donald Rees, the school provides a supportive academic environment with a focus on individualized learning and meaningful student-faculty relationships.

Peak
is an 8,855-foot-elevation mountain summit in , , United States. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Olympic Valley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alpine Meadows and Tahoe City.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , . The community is located on Bear Creek, a tributary of the Truckee River 5 miles west of , at an elevation of 6,480 ft.

is a town on the side of the 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.

Locality
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is a census-designated place in , , located on the northwest shore of . The population was 1,555 at the 2020 census, down from 1,557 at the 2010 census, and its land area is 3.5 mi2. is situated 5 miles southeast of Olympic Valley.

Olympic Valley

Latitude
39.19842° or 39° 11′ 54″ north
Longitude
-120.22986° or 120° 13′ 48″ west
Population
924
Elevation
6,214 feet (1,894 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ZOY
Open location code
84FX5QXC+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9457016635
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
10177322
Wiki­data ID
Q822230
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Olympic Valley” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أولمبيك فالي”
  • Arabic: “أوليمبيك فالي (كاليفورنيا)”
  • Belarusian: “Алімпік-Вэлі”
  • Belarusian: “Скво-Вэлі”
  • Bulgarian: “Скуо Вали”
  • Catalan: “Olympic Valley”
  • Catalan: “Squaw Valley Ski Resort”
  • Chechen: “Олимпик-Велли”
  • Chechen: “Скво-Велли”
  • Chinese: “Olympic Valley”
  • Chinese: “奥林匹克”
  • Chinese: “奥林匹克谷”
  • Chinese: “奧林匹克谷”
  • Chinese: “斯闊谷”
  • Chinese: “斯阔谷”
  • Czech: “Olympic Valley”
  • Czech: “Squaw Valley”
  • Danish: “Olympic Valley”
  • Danish: “Squaw Valley”
  • Dutch: “Olympic Valley”
  • Esperanto: “Olympic Valley”
  • Esperanto: “Squaw Valley”
  • Estonian: “Olympic Valley”
  • Estonian: “Squaw Valley”
  • Finnish: “Olympic Valley”
  • Finnish: “Squaw Valley”
  • French: “Olympic Valley”
  • French: “Squaw Valley”
  • German: “Olympic Valley”
  • German: “Squaw Valley”
  • Hebrew: “אולימפיק ואלי”
  • Hungarian: “Olympic Valley”
  • Hungarian: “Squaw Valley”
  • Indonesian: “Olympic Valley, Placer County, California”
  • Indonesian: “Olympic Valley”
  • Irish: “Olympic Valley”
  • Italian: “Olympic Valley”
  • Italian: “Squaw Valley”
  • Japanese: “オリンピックバレー”
  • Japanese: “スコー・ヴァリー”
  • Japanese: “スコー・ヴァレー”
  • Japanese: “スコー・バレー”
  • Japanese: “スコーバレー”
  • Korean: “스쿼 밸리”
  • Korean: “스쿼밸리”
  • Korean: “올림픽 밸리”
  • Korean: “올림픽밸리”
  • Ladin: “Olympic Valley”
  • Latvian: “Olimpikveli”
  • Latvian: “Olimpiskā ieleja”
  • Latvian: “Skvoveli”
  • Latvian: “Squaw Valley, CA”
  • Lithuanian: “Olimpik Valis”
  • Lithuanian: “Skvo Valis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Olympic Valley”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Olympic Valley”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Olympic Valley”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Squaw Valley”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olympic Valley”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Squaw Valley”
  • Norwegian: “Olympic Valley”
  • Persian: “اسکو ولی”
  • Picard: “Olympic Valley”
  • Polish: “Olympic Valley”
  • Polish: “Squaw Valley, hrabstwo Placer”
  • Portuguese: “Olympic Valley”
  • Romanian: “Olympic Valley, comitatul Placer”
  • Romanian: “Olympic Valley”
  • Romanian: “Squaw Valley, Placer County”
  • Russian: “Олимпик-Вэлли”
  • Russian: “Скво-Валли”
  • Russian: “Скво-Велли”
  • Serbian: “Olimpik Vali”
  • Serbian: “Олимпик Вали”
  • Serbian: “Скво Вели”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Olimpijska dolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Olympic Valley”
  • Slovenian: “Olympic Valley”
  • Slovenian: “Squaw Valley”
  • Spanish: “Olympic Valley”
  • Spanish: “Squaw Valley”
  • Swedish: “Olympic Valley”
  • Swedish: “Squaw Valley”
  • Talysh: “Olimpik Velli”
  • Tatar: “Олимпик-Велли”
  • Turkish: “Olympic Valley”
  • Ukrainian: “Олімпік-Веллі”
  • Urdu: “اسکوا ویلی، پلیسر کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Urdu: “اسکوا ویلی”
  • Vietnamese: “Olympic Valley, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Olympic Valley”
  • Vietnamese: “Squaw Valley”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng Olympic”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng Squaw”
  • Western Frisian: “Olympic Valley”
  • Western Frisian: “Squaw Valley”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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