Tahoe City

Tahoe City 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.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: unincorporated community in Placer County, California
  • Also known as: “Tahoe”, “Tahoe City, CA”, and “Tahoe City, California”
  • Postal code: 96145

Places of Interest

Highlights include Watson Log Cabin and Burton Creek State Park.

Museum
Photo: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
in Tahoe City, California, was built in 1908 by Robert Montgomery Watson. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Nature reserve
is a state park in the U.S. state of , located in near . Situated on the outskirts of Tahoe City, the park offers 6 miles of unpaved roadway for hiking and cross-country skiing.

Dam
Photo: Little Mountain 5, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a concrete gravity dam on the Truckee River, at the outlet of in . Tahoe Dam regulates the top six feet of Lake Tahoe, and distributes the water into Tahoe's primary outflow, the Truckee River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sunnyside–Tahoe City and Dollar Point.

Locality
Photo: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Locality
is a census-designated place in , United States, along the northwest shore of . It is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. The population was 1,261 at the 2020 census, up from 1,215 at the 2010 census. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Tahoe City.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community in , . is located on , 6.25 miles southwest of . It lies at an elevation of 6260 feet. The post office operated from 1947 to 1951.

Tahoe City

Latitude
39.1689° or 39° 10′ 8″ north
Longitude
-120.1435° or 120° 8′ 37″ west
Elevation
6,250 feet (1,905 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US TAC
Open location code
84FX5V94+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 141033637
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5400950
Wiki­data ID
Q7675611
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Satellite Map

Discover Tahoe City from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Turkish—“Tahoe City” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Tahoe City”
  • Catalan: “Tahoe City”
  • Chinese: “塔霍城”
  • Chinese: “塔霍市”
  • French: “Tahoe City”
  • German: “Tahoe City”
  • Japanese: “タホ・シティ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tahoe City”
  • Persian: “تاهو سیتی، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “تاهو سیتی”
  • Portuguese: “Tahoe City”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تاهو سیتی، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Tahoe City (California)”
  • Spanish: “Tahoe City”
  • Swedish: “Tahoe City”
  • Turkish: “Tahoe City”

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