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All events subject to change or cancellation. Please contact event directly for more information. For complete event listings around Lake Tahoe, visit TahoeTopia.com @visitor tips JUNE 1-30 The Loft - Magic Fusion Shows Nightly Heavenly Village TheLoftTahoe.com 2 Tail Wagger 5K North Tahoe Regional Park TahoeTrailRunning.com 7-9 Reno Street Vibrations, Spring Rally Reno RoadShowsReno.com 15 Olympic Valley Half Marathon & Run to Olympic Valley 8 Miler Races Olympic Valley TahoeTrailRunning.com 18- Bluesdays Aug. 27 Palisades Tahoe PalisadesTahoe.com 20-29 Reno Rodeo Reno RenoRodeo.com 21-23 Broken Arrow Skyrace Olympic Valley BrokenArrowSkyrace.com 21-30 Adventure Sports Week Tahoe City AdventureSportsWeekTahoe.com 22 Truckee-Tahoe Air Show & Family Festival Truckee TruckeeTahoeAirShow.com 23 Burton Creek Trail Run Tahoe City TahoeTrailRunning.com 28- Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival Aug. 25 Incline Village LakeTahoeShakespeare.com TBD America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride Around the Lake BikeTheWest.com JULY 1-31 The Loft - Magic Fusion Shows Nightly Heavenly Village TheLoftTahoe.com 1- Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival Aug. 25 Incline Village LakeTahoeShakespeare.com 1- Bluesdays Aug. 27 Palisades Tahoe PalisadesTahoe.com 3- First Street Yoga Aug. 28 The Village at Palisades Tahoe PalisadesTahoe.com 4 4th of July Fireworks Incline Village IVCBA.org 4 4th of July Parade Truckee Truckee.com 4 Lights on the Lake Fireworks South Lake Tahoe VisitLakeTahoe.com 4 South Lake Tahoe 4th of July Parade South Lake Tahoe CityOfSLT.us 10-14 American Century Championship South Lake Tahoe AmericanCenturyChampionship.com 13 Truckee Brew Fest Truckee Regional Park TruckeeOptimist.com TBD The Tahoe Waterman Paddle Racing Series - The Paddle Jam Watermans Landing TahoePaddleRacing.com AUGUST 1-25 Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival Incline Village LakeTahoeShakespeare.com 1-27 Bluesdays The Village at Palisades Tahoe PalisadesTahoe.com 1-28 First Street Yoga The Village at Palisades Tahoe PalisadesTahoe.com 2-3 Hot August Nights Virginia City HotAugustNights.net 4-11 Hot August Nights Reno/Sparks HotAugustNights.net 9-10 Lake Tahoe Concours d’ Elegance Homewood LakeTahoeConcours.com 14-16 Tahoe City Art by the Lake Tahoe City PacificFineArts.com 17 Brews, Jazz & Funk Fest The Village at Palisades Tahoe PalisadesTahoe.com 24 Tahoe Brewfest: Brews, Bites & South Lake Vibes South Lake Tahoe TahoeBrewFest.com 24-25 Lake Tahoe Triathlon West Shore LakeTahoeTri.com 25- Burning Man Sept. 2 Black Rock Desert, Nevada BurningMan.org 28- Nugget Best in the West Sept. 2 Rib Cook-Off Sparks NuggetRibCookoff.com TBD Ta-Hoe Nalu Paddle Festival Kings Beach TahoeNalu.com TBD The Tahoe Waterman Paddle Racing Series The Lake Tahoe Downwind Championship Watermans Landing TahoePaddleRacing.com SEPTEMBER 1 Alpen Wine Fest The Village at Palisades Tahoe PalisadesTahoe.com 6 Guitar Strings vs. Chicken Wings The Village at Palisades Tahoe PalisadesTahoe.com 6-8 The Great Reno Balloon Race Reno RenoBalloon.com 6-8 International Camel & Ostrich Races Virginia City VistVirginiaCityNV.com 15 XTERRA Tahoe City Incline Village XTERRAPlanet.com/laketahoe 26-29 Reno Street Vibrations, Fall Rally Reno RoadShowsReno.com 28 Oktoberfest in Lake Tahoe The Village at Palisades Tahoe PalisadesTahoe.com TBD Tour De Tahoe Bike Big Blue Around the Lake BikeTheWest.com TBD The Tahoe Waterman Paddle Racing Series - The Lake Crossing Watermans Landing TahoePaddleRacing.com TahoeGal.com | 530-583-0141 Daily Sightseeing and Event Cruises on Lake Tahoe The Tahoe Gal departs from the pier at: 952 North Lake Boulevard Lighthouse Center in Tahoe City CA, 96145 scan to book! I6
TahoeWakebusters.com TahoeWakebusters@gmail.com Located in the Tahoe Keys Customize your Experience! Charters, Large Variety of Boats, and all Groups Welcome! Scan to BOOK! NORTH LAKE TAHOE BOAT RENTAL 530-562-7827 – A.M. & P.M. trips daily! – YEAR-ROUND EXCURSIONS – Public & private charters! – 6 U.S.C.G. certified boats – U C G Treat yourself to an unforgettable experience on beautiful Lake Tahoe! LakeTahoe! FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED SINCE 1953 ake M 53 LAKE TAHOE’S BEST T ’S BES TAHOE’ B FISHING CHARTER La L F 2023 CHARTE GSHIN FISISHINGCHA 530.541.5448 tahoesportfishing.com Book your fishing trip today! R 11 S 9 The ONLY Bike Rental located at the BEGINNING of Tahoe’s best trail... SAFE and AWAY from traffic... “Best of Tahoe” Photo by Photography Best Voted Best of Tahoe! The ORIGINAL ~ still Tahoe’s Favorite Bike Rental for 45 Years! 1st in Location, Service and a Friendly Professional Staff OPEN 7 Days a week April-Nov (weather permitting) LARGEST Fleet of Bikes on the South Shore Easily Can Accommodate All Ages & Abilities Put in GPS: 645EmeraldBayRoad South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 Family Owned and Operated Since 1978 s S 9 S 9 www.VisitorInternational.com/survey or scan the QR Code. SCAN ME Complete Our Online Visitor Information Survey for Your Chance to Win Please complete the survey no later than October 31st to be eligible for the prize. Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park Sugarpine Point State Park D.L. Bliss State Park Kingsbury South Kingsbury North Spooner Summit elev. 7,164’ Brockway Summit elev. 7,119’ Tahoe Rim Trail Tahoe R m T a TahoeRimTrail Tahoe Rim Trail PacificCrestTrail Pioneer Trail Fo o h l R d Jacks Va l ey R d Mottsville Ln. Centerville Ln. N orths arDr SquawVa ey Rd AlpineMe adows Rd Northwoods Blvd. Fallen Leaf Lake Spooner Lake Marlette Lake Washoe Lake Stampede Reservoir Prosser Creek Reservoir Donner Lake Watson Lake Boca Reservoir Lower Echo Lake Upper Echo Lake Cascade Lake Eagle Lake Lower Velma Lake Buck Lake Quail Lake McKinney Lake Miller Lake Lilly Lake Emerald Bay Marla Bay Rubicon Bay Chambers Landing Tahoe Pines Skyland Timberland Pineland Tahoe Park Cedar Flat Cave Rock Sunnyside Lake Forest Meeks Bay McKinney Bay Hurricane Bay Carnelian Bay Agate Bay Crystal Bay Sand Harbor State Park Glenbrook Bay Secret Harbor Skunk Harbor Truck e R v e Ward Creek Blackwood Creek BurtonCreek DollarCreek Watson Creek McKinneyCreek Truckee River Truckee-Tahoe Airport Carson City Airport Tahoe Airport CALIFORNIANEVADA Reno-Tahoe Int’l Airport Alpine/Downhill Ski Areas Nordic/Cross-Country Ski Areas All-Terrain Vehicles Campgrounds Scenic Spots Biking Hiking International Airports Airports Golf Course Gaming Information Centers MAP LEGEND Map not scale N Original Dam built here in 1870 at mouth of Tahoe’s only outlet. Gatekeeper’s Cabin now houses museum. “Fleur du Lac” estate of industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, built in 1937. Movie location for “The Godfather II.” Magnificent Ehrman Mansion built in 1901-1903. Open for summer tours. Phipps Cabin. Home of old Indian fighter General W. Phipps. On average 1,400,000 tons of water evaporates from the surface of Lake Tahoe every 24 hours, yet this drops the lake level only one-tenth-ofan-inch. The total evaporation averages more per day then the water released through the Truckee River Dam outlet. As an “Interstate Navigable Waterway” Lake Tahoe is protected by the US Coast Guard. Tahoe’s greatest depth: 1645’ Lake Tahoe never freezes over due to the constant mass movement of water from the bottom to the top. In February of 1989, Emerald Bay froze over for the first time since 1952. Cave Rock is still considered today sacred site to the Washoe Indians whose ancestors spent their summers at Lake Tahoe and once performed religious ceremonies inside the largest of the caves. The 169 foot steamer “SS Tahoe,” the “Queen of the Lake” was launched in 1896 and scuttled here in 1940 in 350’ of water. Millionaire George Whittell once owned more of the Tahoe Basin than any other person-his fabulous Thunderbird Lodge was headquarters to an empire stretching from Crystal Bay to Zephyr Cove. Lake Tahoe is the highest altitude lake of its size in the USA, and the second deepest, behind Crater Lake, Oregon. Once fishing camp of the Washoe Indians. Rubicon Point Deepest shoreline on the lake drops 1400’. Fannette Island Tahoe’s only island, site of Vikingsholm Tea House FACTS & STATISTICS Elevation: 6229 feet Length: 22 miles Width: 12 miles Shoreline: 71 miles California: 42 miles Nevada: 29 miles Storage: 122,160,280 acre ft. of water California: 85,200 acres 70% Nevada: 31,700 acres 30% Water Shed: 519 miles Maximum Depth: 1645 feet Average Depth: 989 feet Surface Water Temperatures: Max. 68 F Min. 41 Water Temperatures at 200 feet: Max. 47 F Min. 41 F Average Annual Rainfall: 8.3” Average Annual Snowfall: 216” or 18 feet Total Annual Precipitation: 30” Opened in 1949 and was the site of the 8th Olympic Winter Games held in February, 1960. Sugar Bowl, site of California’s first chairlift, opened in December, 1939 The Annual Great Ski Race, one of the largest Nordic ski races west of the Mississippi, runs 18 miles/30km from Tahoe City to Truckee Granlibakken Resort Site of “Olympic Hill” built Known as Lake Tahoe’s Oldest Ski Resort. The biathlon and cross-country events for the VIII Winter Olympics in 1960 were held at what is now Ed Z’Berg Sugar Pine Point State Park. ROYAL GORGE SQUAW CREEK XC TAHOE XC CLAIR TAPPAAN HOPE VALLEY XC Crystal Bay Casino Tahoe Nugget Tahoe Biltmore 267 267 431 431 341 341 341 342 206 206 206 207 757 341 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 395 395 88 88 88 88 88 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 28 28 79 28 28 89 89 395 80 80 80 80 SACRAMENTO & SAN FRANCISCO 80 SACRAMENTO 50 SALT LAKE CITY 80 SUSANVILLE & BEND, OR 395 QUINCY & SIERRAVILLE 89 LOS ANGELES 395 580 580 580 KINGS BEACH LAKE TAHOE TAHOE VISTA DOLLAR POINT CARNELIAN BAY SPARKS CARSON CITY INCLINE VILLAGE (see inset TRUCKEE see inset RENO HOMEWOOD TAHOMA MEEKS BAY SPRING CREEK MEYERS MARKLEEVILLE MINDEN GENOA STEWART SILVER CITY GOLD HILL VIRGINIA CITY ZEPHYR COVE GLENBROOK LocationMiles BetweenLocation Truckee11Squaw Valley Squaw Valley7Tahoe City Truckee13Kings Beach Tahoe City21Emerald Bay Emerald Bay14Stateline, NV Stateline, NV21Incline Village Stateline, NV52Reno, NV Reno, NV52Incline Village LAKE TAHOE AREA MILEAGE Donner Memorial State Park and Emigrant Trail Museum. Camp of the infamous Donner Party, trapped here in the savage winter of 1846/47. Truckee Welcome Center 10065 Donner Pass Rd. Truckee, CA (530) 587-8808 North Tahoe Nevada Welcome Center 969 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village (775) 832-1606 North Lake Tahoe Visitor Center 100 N. Lake Blvd.,Tahoe City (530) 581-6900 Explore Tahoe Visitor Center 4114 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe (530) 542-4637 HOMEWOOD MOUNTAIN RESORT elev. 7,880’ DONNER SKI RANCH elev. 7,781’ GRANLIBAKKEN TAHOE elev. 6,610’ PALISADES TAHOE elev. 8,637’ elev. 9,050’ NORTHSTAR CALIFORNIA elev. 7,350’ TAHOE DONNER elev. 7,350’ DIAMOND PEAK elev. 8,540’ HEAVENLY LAKE TAHOE elev. 10,100’ SIERRA AT TAHOE elev. 8,852’ KIRKWOOD SKI RESORT elev. 9,800’ SUGAR BOWL elev. 8,383’ MT. ROSE elev. 9,700’ SODA SPRINGS elev. 7,300’ D BOREAL elev. 7,700’ Lake Tahoe Bleu Wave Gatekeeper’s Museum TAHOE CITY LAKE TAHOE G anlibakken Rd SQUAW VALLEY & TRUCKEE 89 KINGS BEACH INCLINE VILLAGE 28 S. LAKE TAHOE & EMERALD BAY 89 T uc ee R ve 89 89 28 GRANLIBAKKEN TAHOE elev. 6,610’ 89 Donn r a s d Donne R i v erRd B ockwayRd WRiver St ER ve St 80 SACRAMENTO & SAN FRANCISCO 80 TAHOE CITY & SQUAW VALLEY 89 KINGS BEACH & NORTHSTAR 267 RENO 80 267 89 TRUCKEE TruckeeRiver Donner Lake Historic Downtown Truckee Truckee Welcome Center 10065 Donner P ss Rd Truckee, CA 30) 87-8808 CALINEVADA GONDOLFORNIA ATOHEAVENLY Lakeside B lvd a li eAv ParkAvePine B lvd La e Pkwy TransitLakePkwy Herber tA ve. SkiRun Blvd Pioneer Trail Ski Run Marina Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel Harvey’s Golden Nugget Harrah’s Bally’s Lake Tahoe Tahoe Blue Event Center Lakeside Inn & Casino Heavenly Village SOUTH LAKE TAHOE & STATELINE KIRKWOOD & SACRAMENTO 50 CARSON CITY & INCLINE VILLAGE 50 GENOA & GARDENERVILLE LAKE TAHOE 50 50 207 Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course Explore Tahoe V s tor Center 4114 ake ahoe Blvd South L ke T hoe 530) 542-4637 431 431 28 28 Village Blvd VillageBlvd CollegeDr Count r y C u b D SkiWay Raley’s Shopping Center UC Davis Tahoe Env. Research Center Sierra Nevada College Mt. Rose Scenic Overlook The Mountain Golf Course The Championship Golf Course INCLINE VILLAGE LAKE TAHOE Hyatt Lake Tahoe KINGS BEACH & TAHOE CITY 28 STATELINE & CARSON CITY 28 MT. ROSE & RENO 431 DIAMOND PEAK elev. 8,540’ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X 12345678910111213141516171819202122 12345678910111213141516171819202122 R 11 G8 S 10 – A.M. & P.M. trips daily! – YEAR-ROUND EXCURSIONS – Public & private charters! – 6 U.S.C.G. certified boats – U C G Treat yourself to an unforgettable experience on beautiful Lake Tahoe! LakeTahoe! FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED SINCE 1953 ake 95 SINC INC 3 LAKE TAHOE’S BEST O T ’STAHOE’ A AKETAH B FISHING CHARTER La L F 2023 GSHIN FISISHINGCHA 530.541.5448 tahoesportfishing.com Book your fishing trip today! S 10 R 11 S 9 The ONLY Bike Rental located at the BEGINNING of Tahoe’s best trail... SAFE and AWAY from traffic... “Best of Tahoe” Photo Photography Voted Best of Tahoe! The ORIGINAL ~ still Tahoe’s Favorite Bike Rental for 45 Years! 1st in Location, Service and a Friendly Professional Staff OPEN 7 Days a week April-Nov (weather permitting) LARGEST Fleet of Bikes on the South Shore Easily Can Accommodate All Ages & Abilities Put in GPS: 645EmeraldBayRoad South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 Family Owned and Operated Since 1978 ! S 9 S 9 R 11
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