Things to do in Truckee: Donner Lake and one other
Among the places to visit in and near Truckee are 11 ski areas, 6 museums and 3 gardens. The town itself has 2 places on our list; 29 others are within 40 miles. Further afield, Pyramid Lake is 58 mi from the centre.
Lake Tahoe
Lake in California and Nevada, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Plotted on the map
At the edge of the map sits Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort, 39 mi out.
Orange: Truckee. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything on the list
The town has 2; within 60 miles, the list finds 37 more.
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2Donner Memorial State Park
State park and memorial in California, United States.
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5Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Ski resort in Placer County, California, United States.
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7Empire Mine State Historic Park
State historic park in Grass Valley, California, USA.
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12Plumas National Forest
National Forest in northern California, United States.
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Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Ski area in California, United States.
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 Truckee 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 Truckee → · Truckee’s history →
Photo credits
Donner Lake: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Donner Memorial State Park: Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Tahoe: Lara Farhadi, CC BY 2.0 · Pyramid Lake: Rhalden, 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 · Mount Rose Ski Tahoe: Beesmill, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Desolation Wilderness: Phreakdigital at English Wikipedia, GFDL · Emerald Bay State Park: Michael, CC BY 2.0 · Plumas National Forest: Plumas National Forest, Public domain · Reno Arch: Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Gabeguss, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Bernhard Museum Complex: YankeeSpirit, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eddy Arboretum: United States Forest Service, Public domain · Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0
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