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Attractions near Penn Valley

The nearest draw to Penn Valley: Oroville Dam, 28 mi away

Penn Valley has 50 notable places within 60 miles, among them 6 ski areas. If you have a day, head to Donner Lake, 51 mi away.

Attractions nearby
50
within 60 miles
The big one
28 mi
Oroville Dam
Ski areas
6
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Dam · 28 mi northwest

Oroville Dam

Earthfill embankment dam in Oroville, California.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Map of the places

Most of the 11 out of town lie to the south.

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

Everything nearby

Every entry

Everything here is within 60 miles, 50 places in all.

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

Parks and trails in Penn Valley →

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

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 · Bidwell Park: Saopaulo1 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · University of California, Davis, Arboretum and Public Garden: Shamanic Shift Center from Living and out reaching more in rainbow spacetime & c, CC BY 2.0 · Cesar E. Chavez Plaza: Lowe, Jet Related names: O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter California State Railr, Public domain · Bohart Museum of Entomology: Jakobjess, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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