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Attractions near Plumas Lake

From Plumas Lake, 39 mi to Oroville Dam

California State Railroad Museum welcomes about 500K visitors a year. All of it lies outside: 36 places within 40 miles, none inside Plumas Lake. The commonest are 14 museums, 5 state parks and 4 theatres. Beyond the town, Lake Berryessa sits 46 mi away.

Attractions nearby
44
within 60 miles
The big one
22 mi
Sutter Buttes
Mountain · 22 mi northwest

Sutter Buttes

Complex of eroded volcanic lava domes in California.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

On the map

To the south is where most of the 36 lie.

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

Everything nearby

All 36 on the list

These 44 are within 60 miles, none in town.

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

Parks and trails in Plumas Lake →

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

Lake Berryessa: Unknown, Public domain · Oroville Dam: California Department of Water Resources, 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 · 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 · Bidwell Park: Saopaulo1 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Western Railway Museum: LPS.1, 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 · 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 · Elmshaven: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum: Nick DeCicco, 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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