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Meeks Bay (formerly, Meigs Bay, Micks Bay, and Murphys) is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. [1] It lies on Lake Tahoe at the mouth of Meeks Creek, at an elevation of 6240 feet (1902 m). [1] The place is named for John Meeks, who owned the land. [1]
Meyers (also Yanks, Yank's Station, and Tahoe Paradise) [4] is a small an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States, [1] along U.S. Route 50 in the northern Sierra Nevada.
South Lake Tahoe is the most populous incorporated city in El Dorado County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The city's population was 21,330 at the 2020 census, down from 21,403 at the 2010 census.
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 ...
Fannette Island is the only island in Lake Tahoe, California, United States. [1] It lies within Emerald Bay, on the California side of the lake. [2] Over a long period of time, it was called many different names, including Coquette, Fanette, Baranoff, Dead Man's, Hermit's, and Emerald Isle. Fannette Island is a part of Emerald Bay State Park. [3]
Silver Lake is a reservoir in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. [1] It is located within Amador County. It is about 20 mi (32 km) south of South Lake Tahoe and about 8 miles (13 km) west of Carson Pass. [2] The lake surface is 525 acres (212 ha) at full capacity and is at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2,200 m). [3]
In 1899 President William McKinley created the Lake Tahoe Forest Reserve, becoming the core of later National Forest Lands in the Tahoe Basin. Three separate forests were developed out of the reserve, the Tahoe, Eldorado and Toiyabe National Forests. Each of these forests extended into the basin and managed separate sections.
Stateline (formerly Lakeside and Laphams) [2] [3] is a former unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, now incorporated into South Lake Tahoe, California. [1] It lies at an elevation of 6,279 feet (1914 m) ASL. [1] As its name suggests, it is at the state line with Nevada, and mirrors the adjacent community of the same name.