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Attractions near Sparks

Nothing in Sparks itself: Lake Tahoe is 38 mi away

Around Sparks, the places to visit include 7 ski areas, 5 museums and 3 lakes. With nothing inside Sparks, the list has 25 places within 40 miles. Day-trippers head 51 mi out to Desolation Wilderness.

Attractions nearby
33
within 60 miles
The big one
38 mi
Lake Tahoe
Ski areas
11
Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 38 mi southwest

Lake Tahoe

Lake in California and Nevada, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where things are

To the southwest is where most of the 25 lie.

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

Everything nearby

All of them, one by one

These 33 are all 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 Sparks → · Sparks’ 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

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