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Nifty Fifty Trolley and Emerald Bay Tram: 530-542-6077
North Shore TART: 530-550-1212
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South Shore DART: 775-588-1234
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1. Spooner Lake
Located at the intersection of State Route 28 and U.S. 50, is popular for picnicking, hiking, mountain biking, catch-and-release fishing and cross-country skiing. Spooner Lake is also a trail head with access to the back country.

2. Flume Trail
The place for ultimate mountain bike ride with challenging terrain and great view of Lake Tahoe. Trail descriptions are in our mountain bike and hiking section.

3. Tahoe Rim Trail
Countless of hours given by dedicated volunteers to create the vision of the only trail to loop the lake, a 165 mile trail.

4. Mount Rose Overlook
Located at the top of Incline Village, this lookout provides a breathtaking view of the lake, the village and the local ski resort. Access available year-round.

5. Crystal Bay
Crystal Bay at the north shore stateline offers a variety of casinos. Choose from the infamous Cal-Neva Resort (once owned by Frank Sinatra) to the newly remodeled Crystal Bay Club Casino.

6. Stateline Fire Lookout
This short, self-guided nature trail offers superb views of Lake Tahoe and the North Shore area.

7. Kings Beach State Recreation Area
This area provides an expansive beach complete with boat launch, water rentals, playground, BBQ area and local restaurants abound. Located in the heart of Kings Beach.

8. North Tahoe Beach Center
Available to the public, this center has great beach access and 3 sand volleyball courts. Located on Hwy 28 across from Safeway in Kings Beach.

9. North Tahoe Regional Park
This year round recreational gem offers playgrounds, biking, snow play area and snowmobiling. Located 1 mile off Hwy 28 on National Avenue in Tahoe Vista.

10. Carnelian Bay
Carnelian Bay offers a variety of diversions ranging from miniature golf, Patton Beach, the Sierra Boat Company and Garwood’s Grill & Pier (home of the Wet Woody).

11. Tahoe City
Tahoe City offers a variety of shopping and restaurants to those of all ages.

12. Commons Beach
Drop right out of downtown Tahoe City through beautiful rock stairwells to a large grassy area with playgrounds and nice BBQ areas. There's even a toddlers climbing rock complete with slight overhangs for young teens. Part of the restoration included trucking in tons of sand, so don't let the pictures fool you. This isn't a great swimming beach, it's a bit rocky for that, but there is plenty for kids to do. Located in the heart of Tahoe City.

13. Fanny Bridge
Guess how this bridge got its name? Visitors line up and lean over to view and feed the trout. Located on Highway 89 in Tahoe City, directly south of the Albertson's supermarket

14. Gatekeeper’s Museum / Marion Steinbach Indian Museum
The Gatekeeper’s Museum is a reconstruction of the original Gatekeeper’s Cabin – home of the water master who controlled the flow of water out of Lake Tahoe. It now showcases Tahoe history, from its Native inhabitants through the logging era and the establishment of the tourism industry at Lake Tahoe. Exhibits include Native American baskets, resort memorabilia, historical photographs, clothing, oral histories, maps, archival documents, newspapers and artifacts.
The Marion Steinbach Indian Basket Museum was added to the Gatekeeper’s Museum in 1992, after the collection was donated to NLTHS. Marion Steinbach pursued a wide variety of interests throughout her lifetime, and loved anything that had to do with nature—the study of which inspired her collections.

15. Northstar-at-Tahoe
This year-round resort offers a variety of summer activities from golf, Adventure Challenge course and one of the premier mountain biking parks around the basin. Not to be outdone, winter activities are equally impressive; choose from skiing, boarding, sleigh rides, snowmobiling, and Polaris Park for the kids. Dining options are available year-round. Located on Hwy 267.

16. Truckee
1893 meets 2005 in downtown Truckee. This historically rich mountain town, you can believe in the certainty of leisure well spent and business prospect realized.

17. Donner Memorial State Park
Donner Lake offers the summer vacationer opportunities for camping, picnicing, boating, fishing, water-skiing, and hiking. In winter, visitors can cross-country ski and snowshoe on trails and enjoy the season's beauty. Visitors are welcome year-round at the Emigrant Trail Museum and at the Pioneer Monument.

18. Emigrant Trail Museum
The museum was built to commemorate those who immigrated to California from the east in the mid-1800's. Included in the museum are displays and information about one of the earliest pioneer wagon trains, the Donner Party, forced by circumstances to camp at the east end of Donner Lake in the winter of 1846-47, resulting in human suffering and loss of life.

19. Squaw Valley USA
Home of the 1960 Winter Olympics. This year round resort offers a variety of activities, restaurants and shopping. Ice skating and swimming is available year round.

20. Truckee River
The river encompasses an area of approximately 3,060 square miles in the states of California and Nevada. The basin stretches in a generally north by northeast direction from Lake Tahoe, located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the border between California and Nevada, to Pyramid Lake, located approximately 50 air miles away in the desert of northwestern Nevada. Connecting this alpine source lake and the basin's desert terminal lake is the 105-mile long Truckee River.

21. Eagle Rock
1 mile hike to enjoy a magnificent view of Tahoe’s Northeast shore. Located on the West shore of Lake Tahoe.

22. Sugar Pine Point
This park includes a mile and three quarters of lake frontage with a number of sandy beaches and a unique natural area where the untouched, primeval forest of the Tahoe Basin marches right down to the water's edge. The developed area south of General Creek features a number of historic buildings including a hand-hewn, 19th century log cabin and an elegant turn-of-the-century summer home known as the Ehrman Mansion. Located on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe.

23. Meeks Bay Resort
Once the ancestral summer home of the Washoe People; Once the playground for the rich and notorious; now the perfect retreat for enjoying Lake Tahoe. Located on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe.

24. D.L. Bliss State Park
The grandeur of the parks and their setting is a product of successive upheavals of the mountain-building processes that raised the Sierra Nevada. From promontories such as Rubicon Point in D.L. Bliss State Park you can see over one hundred feet into the depths of Lake Tahoe.

25. Emerald Bay State Park
In 1969, Emerald Bay was designated a National Natural Landmark for its brilliant panorama of mountain-building processes and glacier carved granite. The park features Vikingsholm, one of the finest examples of Scandinavian architecture in the western hemisphere. The "Tea House" on Fannette Island, the only island to be found in all of Lake Tahoe.

26. Vikingsholm
This is arguably the premier attraction at Lake Tahoe. Located on the shoreline in the southwestern end of spectacular Emerald Bay the Vikingsholm was once the summer home of Mrs. Lora J. Knight. Built in 1929, it is one of the finest examples of Scandinavian architecture in the western hemisphere and still contains many of Mrs. Knight's original furnishings. The grounds are now part of Emerald Bay State Park and the Park Service conducts daily tours of the mansion from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Features of the home include delicate paintings on ceilings and walls, six Nordic fireplaces, intricately carved "dragon" beams modeled on beams that hung originally in very old Viking castles, Scandinavian antiques and sod roofs seeded with wildflowers. During late spring and early summer Eagle Falls cascades down behind the Vikingsholm and the base of the waterfall is only a short walk from the grounds.

27. Tallac Historic Site
Life has certainly changed very little at the Tallac Historic Site where California's early rich and famous built their elaborate summer estates in the late 1800's and the early 1900's. These rustic estates are nestled in the secluded woods and along the beaches of the Tallac Historic Site. Tallac Historic Site is home to the archeological remains of the Tallac Resort, The Baldwin Estate, The Pope Estate and Vahalla Estate. The 74-acre tract of land is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located 3 miles north of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89.

28. Mount Tallac
Tallac is the tallest mountain rising from the shore of Lake Tahoe and is one of the most popular day hikes in the basin. There are several trailheads to start from with lakes dotting the trail any way you choose. Access is best through the Spring Creek Road which is marked well off of Hwy 89.

29. Fallen Leaf Lake
Fallen Leaf Lake, surrounded by the flanks of Mt. Tallac on the west and Angora Ridge on the east, is by far the largest of the three. It is also the most populated. There are developed areas on the south, east, and west shores and a large campground just north of the lake. The main road in is Fallen Leaf Lake Road which takes you past the campground and along the lakes eastern shore

30. Camp Richardson
Nestled amongst the pines and located along Lake Tahoe's longest stretch of sandy beaches, Historic Camp Richardson Resort is Lake Tahoe's #1 Year Round Recreation Resort. Situated on Lake Tahoe's southwest shore, Camp Richardson is a short drive from several world class ski resorts and the Stateline casinos.

31. Heavenly Gondola
Take a ride up to the top and see the “BEST” Aerial view of Lake Tahoe without getting in a balloon, helicopter or aircraft. Summer season offers a variety of hiking trials.

32. Stateline – Nevada
Home to Lake Tahoe’s own “strip”. Choose from the variety of hotel/casinos such as Caesar’s, Harrah’s or Harvey’s. Lady luck is sure to give you a chance. You can be just as lucky with the dining options abound.

33. Zephyr Cove
Home to various year round activities and great beaches. Visit the M.S. Dixie II, Woodwind Cruises, Zephyr Cove Stables, Zephyr Cove Marina and Zephyr Cove Snowmobiling as well as camp in either your tent or RV, right across the street.

34. Cave Rock
This small day-use area is tucked beneath the rugged volcanic face of Cave Rock. Facilities include a boat launch ramp and dock, comfort station, picnic sites, and a small sandy beach. The entrance is on Highway 50, three miles south of Glenbrook, just south of the Cave Rock tunnels.

35. Sand Harbor
Sand Harbor Nevada's east shore is not known for it's sandy beaches... except for Sand Harbor. While most Nevada side beaches have coarse sand that is tough on the feet, Tahoe's prevailing breezes deposit a fine grained white sand here that is the harbor's namesake. However, the area's beauty is derived from the numerous rocks as much as the sand. It's not just about the beauty above water, either. Scuba diving and snorkeling are both very popular here. Sand Harbor is located three miles south of Incline Village on State Route 28.

36. Mount Rose
Blue lakes, colorful flowers and a variety of wildlife are a few of the things seen in this wilderness. Mount Rose, the highest peak in the Carson Mountains, is a landmark visible from Reno, Nevada. Nestled between the Sierra Nevada mountain range and Nevada's Great Basin is the 30,000 acres of Mount Rose Wilderness. This wilderness serves as a backyard recreation area and an important watershed for many people living in western Nevada.

Scenic Byway
Many have called our shoreline the most beautiful drive in America. In fact, the 28.5 mile Nevada side was designated one of the first National Scenic Byways. The route begins on the North Shore in Crystal Bay. East of Incline Village, it gently winds along azure-blue waters, passing sandy and huge boulder-strewn beaches and coves. Once past Sand Harbor State Park, wind through Lake Tahoe State Park on up to Spooner Summit, where Hwy. 50 meets Hwy. 28. A photographers dream...

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