Portola’s draw is Western Pacific Railroad Museum
Around Portola, the places to visit include 3 gardens, 2 ski areas and a museum. The town itself has one place on our list; 11 others are within 40 miles. Lake Tahoe, 56 mi away, is the best-known day out.
Lake Tahoe
Lake in California and Nevada, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where to go
On the map, most of the 11 sit to the southeast.
Orange: Portola. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All the places to visit
In town there is one, and the list adds 32 more within 60 miles.
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3Lassen Volcanic National Park
National park of the United States.
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7Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Ski resort in Placer County, California, United States.
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9Empire Mine State Historic Park
State historic park in Grass Valley, California, USA.
10Donner Memorial State Park
State park and memorial in California, United States.
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13Plumas National Forest
National Forest in northern California, United States.
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Homewood Ski Area
Ski area located on the west shore of Lake Tahoe.
Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts
Theater in Reno, Nevada, United States.
Nevada Theatre
Movie theater and former theater in Nevada City, California, United States.
Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center
Planetarium and museum in Reno, Nevada.
The places inside Portola lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Portola → · Portola’s history →
Photo credits
Western Pacific Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Evicknair at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Lake Tahoe: Lara Farhadi, CC BY 2.0 · Lassen Volcanic National Park: en:User:Mav, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Plumas National Forest: Plumas National Forest, Public domain · Reno Arch: Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Automobile Museum: User:Jaydec, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
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