The wonderful freshwater lake Tahoe has located in the picturesque rock region Sierra-Nevada, California. This lake is quite popular among tourists because near has located several popular skiing resorts. Lake Tahoe is on the second place in a list of the deepest USA lakes. Its depth is about 305 meters and the whole area is over 495 square meters. Notwithstanding that fact that Tahoe is one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, it is also easy to reach. The lake is surrounded by the major highways.
The lake has appeared about three million years ago. It has formed at the place of the earth’ break up. We can pay attention not only to the deep blue lake but also to the soft-wood forest. There you will see a lot of rare pines, fir trees and rare types of bushes and herbs. The lake has become known for people only in 1844. John Freemont, the ensign, had found it.
His main aim was to find the river in these mountainous regions but he found the lake of the transcendent beauty. When the lake was found the researchers from the whole world wanted to explore it. This place became popular among tourists after the Olympic games of 1960. Since that time, there has left a wonderful tourism infrastructure. Near the lake, you can see some cosy hotels and several ski slopes of all difficulty levels. Fans of walks will fall in love with this place. During the whole year near the lake, you can order an interesting excursion.
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Useful staff nearby
Car rental office: 'Alpine Car Rental' is located in 20 km (
on the map).
Fuel station: 'Shell' in 8 km
Supermarket: 'West Shore Market' in 6.49 km
Parking: 'Pineland Lot' in 6.34 km
Apotheek: 'Safeway Pharmacy (inside Safeway)' in 16 km
Police station: 'Placer County Sheriff's Sta' in 9 km
Cafe/restaurant: 'Where We Met' in 4.41 km
Railway station: 'Truckee Station' in 26 km
Nearest airports:
» Sacramento Airport SMF - in 136 km
» Hayward Executive Airport HWD - in 237 km
» Oakland International Airport OAK - in 240 km
» Commodore Center Airport KJM - in 250 km
» Moffett Federal Airfield Airport NUQ - in 253 km