Pioneer Monument
Pioneer Monument is a monument in Nevada County, Gold Country, California. Pioneer Monument is situated nearby to Donner Memorial State Park Museum, as well as near Donner Lake Dam.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 Pioneer Monument.
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 Pioneer Monument.
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 Pioneer Monument.
Pioneer Monument
- Type: Monument
- Inscription: “Virile to risk and find; kindly withal and a ready help. Facing the brunt of fate, - Indomitable, unafraid.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.32383° or 39° 19′ 26″ northLongitude
-120.23104° or 120° 13′ 52″ westInception
June 6th, 1918Open location code
84FX8QF9+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1361038680OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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