Johnson Canyon

Johnson Canyon is a nature reserve in Nevada County, Gold Country, California. Johnson Canyon is situated nearby to the neighborhood Donner Ski Haven, as well as near Donner Lake Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Donner Pass and Donner Peak.

Donner Pass

Mountain saddle

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles west of Truckee, California.

Donner Peak

Peak

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Donner Peak is an 8,019-foot-elevation summit in Placer County, California, United States.

Boreal Mountain Resort

Sports venue

Photo: Noah Loverbear, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Boreal Mountain California is a ski area in Soda Springs, near the Lake Tahoe area of California. It has six chairlifts and two surface lifts, and offers the only night skiing in Tahoe, until 8 pm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norden and Soda Springs.

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.

Soda Springs

Hamlet

Photo: Drew Jacksich, CC BY 2.0.

Soda Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Nevada County, California, United States. Soda Springs is located 3 miles west of Donner Pass.

Johnson Canyon

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Nevada County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.3367° or 39° 20′ 12″ north

Longitude

-120.3039° or 120° 18′ 14″ west

Operator

Truckee Donner Land Trust

Open location code

84FX8MPW+MC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 534096619

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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