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Attractions near Washington

From Washington, 28 mi to Donner Lake

Visitors to Washington can choose from 6 ski areas, 3 museums and 2 state parks. There is no place to visit inside Washington; there are 14 within 40 miles. Allow a day for Lake Tahoe, 45 mi off.

Attractions nearby
44
within 60 miles
The big one
45 mi
Lake Tahoe
Ski areas
11
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 45 mi southeast

Lake Tahoe

Lake in California and Nevada, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Map of the places

Furthest out is Oroville Dam, at 39 mi.

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

Everything nearby

The list in full

44 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 Washington → · Washington’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 · 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 · 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 · Desolation Wilderness: Phreakdigital at English Wikipedia, GFDL · Emerald Bay State Park: Michael, CC BY 2.0 · Bidwell Park: Saopaulo1 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Aerospace Museum of California: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Western Pacific Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Evicknair at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Nevada Museum of Art: Rmart123, CC BY-SA 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 · Jensen Botanical Gardens: Kowloonese at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rusch Botanical Gardens: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0

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