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Attractions near Buckhorn

Nothing in Buckhorn itself: Calaveras Big Trees State Park is 18 mi away

Around Buckhorn, the places to visit include 4 ski areas, 2 museums and a state park. Look within 40 miles for the 11 places to visit; none is inside Buckhorn. The trip to Lake Tahoe is 51 mi.

Attractions nearby
54
within 60 miles
The big one
51 mi
Lake Tahoe
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
10
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 51 mi northeast

Lake Tahoe

Lake in California and Nevada, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The places, mapped

The map ends at Desolation Wilderness, 38 mi out.

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Orange: Buckhorn. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The places, one by one

Each of the 54 is within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Buckhorn →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Lake Tahoe: Lara Farhadi, CC BY 2.0 · Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hetch Hetchy: Vulpinus2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley: Jonnyboyca at English Wikipedia, Public domain · ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · California State Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Swampyank at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empire Mine State Historic Park: Beej71, CC BY 2.5 · Calaveras Big Trees State Park: John J. O'Brien (talk · contribs), Public domain · Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park: M.Mierzwa. MCalamari at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Adventist Health Arena: Christopher Bauer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Crocker Art Museum: Amadscientist Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · Desolation Wilderness: Phreakdigital at English Wikipedia, GFDL · Emerald Bay State Park: Michael, CC BY 2.0 · Stanislaus National Forest: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain · Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Gabeguss, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Sacramento State Historic Park: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dodge Ridge Ski Area: IanGad, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railtown 1897 State Historic Park: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0 · Bear Valley: Shayan Sanyal, CC BY 2.0 · Haggin Museum: Bluelight999, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sacramento Zoo: L Wade Brown (Grubbycup), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Aerospace Museum of California: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The California Museum: Ldabrahams at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Crest Theatre: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · California State Capitol Museum: [2], CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Lucid: U.S. Navy photo, Public domain · William Land Park: Mymetlifebee$1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · California Automobile Museum: Cullen328, CC BY-SA 3.0 · McKinley Park: Ingawh, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Micke Grove Zoo: Breck22, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sacramento History Museum: Janannwa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cesar E. Chavez Plaza: Lowe, Jet Related names: O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter California State Railr, Public domain · California State Indian Museum: Epp, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wells Fargo Pavilion: Amadscientist, Public domain · Bernhard Museum Complex: YankeeSpirit, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eddy Arboretum: United States Forest Service, Public domain · Jensen Botanical Gardens: Kowloonese at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rusch Botanical Gardens: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: Junkyardsparkle, CC0 · University Arboretum at California State University, Sacramento: DevinCook at English Wikipedia, Public domain

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