Donner Camp
Donner Camp is a memorial in Nevada County, Gold Country, California. Donner Camp is situated nearby to Donner Memorial State Park Museum, as well as near Donner Lake Dam.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Truckee station.
Truckee station
Railway station
Photo: Steve Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Truckee station is an Amtrak train station in Truckee, California. It is currently served by one daily passenger train in each direction, the California Zephyr. Truckee station is situated 2½ miles east of Donner Camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Truckee and Polaris.
Truckee
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Truckee is a pleasant town of 17,000 people in the Lake Tahoe region of California. Just east of the Donner Pass on Interstate 80, Truckee is an easy entry point for travelers from the Bay Area to the region.
Polaris
Locality
Polaris was a historic ice farming community located nearly 3 miles east of Truckee, approximately at the intersection of modern day Glenshire Drive and Quail Lane. Polaris is situated 5 miles east of Donner Camp.
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. Norden is situated 6 miles west of Donner Camp.
Donner Camp
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.32387° or 39° 19′ 26″ northLongitude
-120.23157° or 120° 13′ 54″ westInception
1961Open location code
84FX8QF9+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 11097550366OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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