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Washoe Lake is a eutrophic, shallow lake between Reno and Carson City and just east of the much larger Lake Tahoe. The lake reaches a maximum depth of just 12 feet (3.7 m). The shallowness and the high winds make the lake very turbid. Extensive droughts in the past have caused the lake to dry up entirely, most recently in 1992, 1994, and 2004. [5]
The historic Hawley Grade, an immigrant wagon road, now a hiking trail, is within the Dardanelles Roadless Area, as well as the watershed of Lake Tahoe's largest inflow, the Upper Truckee River. The Freel Roadless Area is named for Freel Peak, the highest point in both the Lake Tahoe Basin and the Carson Range. Freel Peak supports one of the ...
Leonard and Marjorie Williams Family Scout Reservation and Camp La-No-Che are located on the north shore of Lake Norris in Paisley, FL on 1,480 acres adjacent to the Ocala National Forest. The camp has brand new aquatics, and adventure camp facilities that include the zip line/Adventure Tower, two lighted swimming pools with slide and diving ...
Washoe Lake State Park is a year-round public recreation area occupying over 3,700 acres (1,500 ha) on the southeast shore of Washoe Lake in Washoe County, Nevada.The state park lies to the east of Lake Tahoe, approximately five miles (8.0 km) north of Carson City near U.S. Route 395.
Lake Tahoe (/ ˈ t ɑː h oʊ /; Washo: Dáʔaw) is a freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada.Lying at 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America, [4] and at 122,160,280 acre⋅ft (150.7 km 3) it trails only the five Great Lakes as the largest by volume in the United ...
Aerial view from the west (looking east), of French Meadows Reservoir (near) and Hell Hole Reservoir (far), with Lake Tahoe in the background. French Meadows Reservoir is a manmade lake 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Foresthill, California, United States on the Middle Fork of the American River. The reservoir is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) long, 0.6-mile ...
Goshute Reservation: Goshute: 539 [1] 122,085 White Pine: Reservation extends into Juab and Tooele Counties in Utah. Las Vegas Indian Colony: Southern Paiute: 71 [2] 3,850 Clark: Lovelock Indian Colony: Northern Paiute: 110 [2] 20 Pershing: Moapa River Indian Reservation: Southern Paiute: 206 [1] 71,954 Clark: Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation ...
Camp Richardson is an unincorporated resort community at Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California. [1] It lies at an elevation of 6250 feet (1905 m) in the Sierra Nevada. [1] A vacation community, Camp Richardson has a marina, cabins, hotel rooms, and a bar and grill. [2] The camp was established by Captain Alonzo Richardson in 1921. [3]