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SPONSOR THIS PAGE Incline Village Eagle Rock Donner Summit Glenbrook Meeks Bay Tahoma Reno & Sparks Homewood Sunnyside West Shore North Shore East Shore Dollar Hill Carnelian Bay Alpine Meadows Olympic Valley Tahoe Vista Truckee Crystal Bay Tahoe City Kings Beach DEEPEST POINT The Lost Sierra Carson City RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRUCKEE AIRPORT Truckee River Donner Lake Spooner Lake Marlette Lake T a h o e R i m T r a i l T a h o e R i m T r a i l T a h o e R i m T r a i l NORTHSTAR TAHOE CITY INCLINE VILLAGE MOUNTAIN INCLINE VILLAGE CHAMPIONSHIP BOCA RESERVOIR PROSSER RESERVOIR STAMPEDE RESERVOIR RESORT AT SQUAW CREEK PLUMAS PINES GRAEAGLE MEADOWS GRIZZLY RANCH WHITEHAWK RANCH NAKOMA FEATHER RIVER PARK OLD BROCKWAY TAHOE DONNER SCHAFFER’S MILL COYOTE MOON GRAY ’S CROSSING PONDEROSA OLD GREENWOOD LAKE FOREST NORTH TAHOE TAHOE VISTA REC AREA SAND HARBOR COON ST. BOAT LAUNCH DONNER LAKE HOMEWOOD MEEKS BAY OBEXER’S TAHOE CITY MARINA SIERRA BOAT CO. SUNNYSIDE Incline Village Eagle Rock Glenbrook Meeks Bay Tahoma Reno & Sparks Homewood Sunnyside Dollar Hill Carnelian Bay Alpine Meadows Olympic Valley Tahoe Vista Truckee Crystal Bay Tahoe City Kings Beach DEEPEST POINT Carson City RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRUCKEE AIRPORT T a h o e R i m T r a i l T a h o e R i m T r a i l T a h o e R i m T r a i l NORTHSTAR TAHOE CITY INCLINE VILLAGE MOUNTAIN INCLINE VILLAGE CHAMPIONSHIP BOCA RESERVOIR PROSSER RESERVOIR STAMPEDE RESERVOIR RESORT AT SQUAW CREEK OLD BROCKWAY TAHOE DONNER SCHAFFER’S MILL COYOTE MOON GRAY ’S CROSSING PONDEROSA OLD GREENWOOD LAKE FOREST NORTH TAHOE TAHOE VISTA REC AREA SAND HARBOR COON ST. BOAT LAUNCH DONNER LAKE HOMEWOOD OBEXER’S TAHOE CITY MARINA SIERRA BOAT CO. SUNNYSIDE Incline Village Eagle Rock Donner Summit Glenbrook Meeks Bay Tahoma Reno & Sparks Homewood Sunnyside Dollar Hill Carnelian Bay Alpine Meadows Olympic Valley Tahoe Vista Truckee Crystal Bay Tahoe City Kings Beach DEEPEST POINT Carson City RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRUCKEE AIRPORT T a h o e R i m T r a i l T a h o e R i m T r a i l T a h o e R i m T r a i l NORTHSTAR TAHOE CITY INCLINE VILLAGE MOUNTAIN INCLINE VILLAGE CHAMPIONSHIP BOCA RESERVOIR PROSSER RESERVOIR STAMPEDE RESERVOIR RESORT AT SQUAW CREEK OLD BROCKWAY TAHOE DONNER SCHAFFER’S MILL COYOTE MOON GRAY ’S CROSSING PONDEROSA OLD GREENWOOD LAKE FOREST NORTH TAHOE TAHOE VISTA REC AREA SAND HARBOR COON ST. BOAT LAUNCH DONNER LAKE HOMEWOOD MEEKS OBEXER’S TAHOE CITY MARINA SIERRA BOAT CO. SUNNYSIDE Incline Village Cave Rock Eagle Rock Glenbrook Meeks Bay Tahoma Reno & Sparks Homewood Sunnyside Dollar Hill Carnelian Bay Alpine Meadows Olympic Valley Tahoe Vista Truckee Crystal Bay Tahoe City Kings Beach DEEPEST POINT Carson City RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRUCKEE AIRPORT T a h o e R i m T r a i l T a h o e R i m T r a i l T a h o e R i m T r a i l NORTHSTAR TAHOE CITY INCLINE VILLAGE MOUNTAIN INCLINE VILLAGE CHAMPIONSHIP BOCA RESERVOIR PROSSER RESERVOIR STAMPEDE RESERVOIR RESORT AT SQUAW CREEK OLD BROCKWAY TAHOE DONNER SCHAFFER’S MILL COYOTE MOON PONDEROSA OLD GREENWOOD LAKE FOREST NORTH TAHOE TAHOE VISTA REC AREA SAND HARBOR COON ST. BOAT LAUNCH DONNER LAKE HOMEWOOD MEEKS BAY OBEXER’S TAHOE CITY MARINA SIERRA BOAT CO. SUNNYSIDE Lake Tahoe CA NV N WEST EAST SOUTH Natural rim: 6,223’ Lake Tahoe sits at an average elevation Average depth: 1,000 feet Volume: 39 trillion gallons There is enough water in Lake Tahoe to supply everyone in the United States with more than 75 gallons of water per day for 5 years. Maximum depth: 1,645 feet Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. (Crater Lake in Oregon, at 1,932 feet, is the deepest), and the 11 th deepest in the world. Lake Tahoe is located in the states of California and Nevada, with two-thirds in California. Lake Clarity: 2019: 62.7 feet avg. depth. 1968: First recorded at 102.4 feet CASINOS GOLF COURSES MARINAS BOAT RAMPS Age of Lake Tahoe: 2 million years Fed By: 63 streams and 2 hot springs Your business’ LOGO here Email anne@tahoethisweek.com for details Cave Rock Fannette Island South Lake Tahoe Zephyr Cove Emerald Bay Cascade Lake Eagle Lake CAVE ROCK TAHOE KEYS SKI RUN Cave Rock Fannette Island Stateline South Lake Tahoe Zephyr Cove Emerald Bay EDGEWOOD TAHOE CAVE ROCK LAKESIDE MEEKS BAY TAHOE SKI RUN Cave Rock Fannette Island Stateline South Lake Tahoe Zephyr Cove Emerald Bay BIJOU EDGEWOOD TAHOE CAVE ROCK LAKESIDE BAY TAHOE KEYS SKI RUN Fannette Island Stateline South Lake Tahoe Zephyr Cove Emerald Bay BIJOU EDGEWOOD TAHOE CAVE ROCK LAKESIDE TAHOE KEYS SKI RUN CAMP RICHARDSON Only Outlet: Truckee River (Tahoe City) Watershed Area: 312 square miles Average Water Temperature: 42.1˚F Average Surface Water Temperature: 51.9˚F Average Surface Temperature in July: 64.9˚F Highest Peak: Freel Peak at 10,881 feet Stateline BIJOU EDGEWOOD TAHOE LAKESIDE Size: 22 miles long, 12 miles wide Lake Tahoe is as long as the English Channel is wide. of between 6,223’ and 6,229.1’. The top 6.1’ of water is controlled by the dam in Tahoe City and holds up to 744,600 acre feet of water. Shoreline: 72 miles T a h o e R i m T r a i l T a h o e R i m T r a i l T a h o e R i m T r a i l Average Snowfall: 409 inches Permanent Population: 66,000 Number of Visitors: 15 million annually Meyers Fallen Leaf Lake Echo Lakes T a h o e R i m T r a i l CAMP RICHARDSON South Shore Meyers LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT FREEL PEAK BIJOU KEYS CAMP RICHARDSON Meyers LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT FREEL PEAK CAMP RICHARDSON Meyers LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT FREEL PEAK LAKE TAHOE PARADISE LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT FREEL PEAK TAHOE PARADISE Lake Tahoe has a surface area of 191 square miles. If Lake Tahoe were emptied, it would submerge California under 15 inches of water. TAHOE TAHOE PARADISE TAHOE PARADISE LAKE Why is the lake blue? Learn about the natural LAKE Hope Valley TAHOE The Lake of the Sky appears blue history of the Tahoe Sierra at TheTahoeWeekly.com LAKE TAHOE Kirkwood Kirkwood TAHOE Kirkwood Hope Valley Markleeville Hope Valley Markleeville Markleeville Hope Valley in color as other colors in the light spectrum are absorbed and the blue light is scattered back. Kirkwood Markleeville