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Attractions near Golden Valley

Worth the trip from Golden Valley: Lake Tahoe, 39 mi off

Visitors to Golden Valley can choose from 8 ski areas, 6 museums and 3 lakes. Nothing is mapped inside Golden Valley, but 27 places to visit are within 40 miles. Go 52 mi out for Desolation Wilderness.

Attractions nearby
33
within 60 miles
The big one
39 mi
Lake Tahoe
Ski areas
11
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 39 mi south

Lake Tahoe

Lake in California and Nevada, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Places on the map

The map puts most of the 27 to the south.

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

Everything nearby

Each place in turn

33 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 Golden Valley → · Golden Valley’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 · Pyramid Lake: Rhalden, Public domain · Donner Lake: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley: Jonnyboyca at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Mackay Stadium: Lanski, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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