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Attractions near Iron Horse

Worth the trip from Iron Horse: Donner Lake, 34 mi off

Iron Horse and its surroundings hold 4 museums, 3 gardens and 2 ski areas. None of our places to visit is inside Iron Horse; 17 are within 40 miles. Day-trippers head 54 mi out to Lake Tahoe.

Attractions nearby
32
within 60 miles
The big one
54 mi
Lake Tahoe
Ski areas
9
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 54 mi southeast

Lake Tahoe

Lake in California and Nevada, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The layout

The 17 outside town cluster to the southeast.

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

Everything nearby

The complete list

32 places make the list, every one 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 Iron Horse → · Iron Horse’s history →

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 · Pyramid Lake: Rhalden, Public domain · 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 · Mackay Stadium: Lanski, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Empire Mine State Historic Park: Beej71, CC BY 2.5 · Donner Memorial State Park: Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA, CC BY 2.0 · Mount Rose Ski Tahoe: Beesmill, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Reno Arch: Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Plumas National Forest: Plumas National Forest, Public domain · National Automobile Museum: User:Jaydec, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Western Pacific Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Evicknair at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Fourth Ward School: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Nevada Museum of Art: Rmart123, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Piper's Opera House: Vivaverdi, CC BY 3.0 · Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ, JR, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nevada Theatre: Almonroth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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