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Attractions near Grass Valley

Leave Grass Valley for Oroville Dam, 32 mi away

Grass Valley and its surroundings hold 2 ski areas, 2 museums and 2 gardens. With nothing inside Grass Valley, the list has 10 places within 40 miles. Out of town, Lake Tahoe is 55 mi away.

Attractions nearby
52
within 60 miles
The big one
55 mi
Lake Tahoe
Ski areas
7
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 55 mi east

Lake Tahoe

Lake in California and Nevada, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped around Grass Valley

The 10 outside town cluster to the south.

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

Everything nearby

All of it

The list runs to 52 places, all 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 Grass Valley →

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 · Donner Lake: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Oroville Dam: California Department of Water Resources, Public domain · Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley: Jonnyboyca at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Sutter Buttes: Expedition 32 crew/NASA, 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 · Donner Memorial State Park: Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA, CC BY 2.0 · Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park: M.Mierzwa. MCalamari at en.wikipedia, Public domain · 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 · Bidwell Park: Saopaulo1 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Plumas National Forest: Plumas National Forest, Public domain · Old Sacramento State Historic Park: Frank Schulenburg, 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 · Western Pacific Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Evicknair at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Crest Theatre: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · California State Capitol Museum: [2], CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · 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 · Chico Air Museum: Bsudicky, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nevada Theatre: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Woodland Opera House: Flickr user basykes, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Museum of Northern California Art: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rusch Botanical Gardens: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 · University Arboretum at California State University, Sacramento: DevinCook at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Sacramento Valley Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain

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