Donner Memorial State Park Creek Campground

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• Truckee, US · 4 km
• Reno, US · 43 km
• Carson City, US · 44 km
• Sparks, US · 48 km
• South Lake Tahoe, US · 48 km

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🏞️ Attractions

Donner Memorial State Park MuseumAttractions

Donner Memorial State Park is a California State Park, located at the town of Truckee, California, United States. The park preserves a portion of the Donner Camp site, where members of the ill-fated Donner Party were trapped just short of Donner Pass by weather during the winter of 1846–1847. Caught without shelter or adequate supplies, members of the group resorted to cannibalism to survive. The

0.6 km · ~8 min walkDirections ↗

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Jackass Point (1,942 m)Summits & peaks1.4 km · ~11 min driveDirections ↗

Donner Creek Public AccessParks & play1.6 km · ~3 min driveDirections ↗

China Cove BeachBeaches & swimming2.3 km · ~6 min driveDirections ↗

Truckee-Donner Historical SocietyAttractions2.6 km · ~5 min driveDirections ↗

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Jackass Ridge Conservation EasementParks & play3.4 km · ~6 min driveDirections ↗

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Bucknam Tract Conservation EasementParks & play5.1 km · ~20 min driveDirections ↗

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Alder Hill (2,049 m)Summits & peaks6.1 km · ~13 min driveDirections ↗

Donner Peak TrailheadTrails & trailheads

Donner Pass is a 7,056-foot-high (2,151 m) mountain pass in the northern Sierra Nevada, above Donner Lake and Donner Memorial State Park about 9 miles (14 km) west of Truckee, California. Like the Sierra Nevada itself, the pass has a steep approach from the east and a gradual approach from the west. The pass has been used by the California Trail, First transcontinental railroad, Overland Route, Li

11.3 km · ~17 min driveDirections ↗

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Bald Mountain (2,060 m)Summits & peaks14.7 km · ~18 min driveDirections ↗

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