Loop 1 · 4 h window · 107 mi
3 h 48 loop · 2 stops · back by 12:47 PM. Incorporates Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive.
- Nevada State Railroad Museum · 60 min
- Carson Raceway · 10 min
Destinations · California
Tahoe Vista
CA · 39.2464, -120.0489
From Tahoe Vista, California, Byway's registries place 3 scenic byways, 4 public land units and 81 campgrounds within 30 miles.
Get in
Tahoe Vista is located in North Lake Tahoe, CA. Just a few minutes to Northstar-at-Tahoe Ski Resort and the beach shores of all North Lake Tahoe. It's just a 15-to-20 minute drive to Olympic Valley, Alpine Meadows, Mount Rose, Paige Meadows and more. Endless acres of forested back-country for hiking, mountain biking, and snowmobiling. The North Shore's finest and most popular restaurants, shops and outdoor destinations are all right here. Reno is about a 30-minute drive over Mt.Rose on a nice day.
Day-trip loops
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 202 mi
7 h 06 loop · 7 stops · back by 4:05 PM. Rides the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive and the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway (+26 min).
- Ebbetts Peak · 15 min
- Pacific Grade Summit · 15 min
- Tallac Historic Site · 10 min
- Inspiration Point · 15 min
- Balancing Rock · 10 min
- Eagle Rock · 15 min
- Brockway Summit · 15 min
Touches Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, Mount Rose Highway
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive · 3 mi · national
- Mount Rose Highway · 4 mi
- Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway · 25 mi
Public land
- Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit · inside
- Tahoe National Forest · 2 mi
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · 3 mi
- Eldorado National Forest · 16 mi
Campgrounds
- Mt. Watson 73E · 5 mi
- Silver Creek Campground · 8 mi
- William Kent Campground · 9 mi
- Mt. Rose Campground · 9 mi
- Goose Meadow Campground · 9 mi
- Granite Flat Campground · 9 mi
- Kaspian Campground · 11 mi
- Boca Campground · 11 mi
Lookouts
- Scenic lookout · 6 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 7 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 14 mi
- Cave Rock · 15 mi
Named places
- Moon Dunes Beach · 1 mi
- Benny Heineike's Rock · 1 mi
- Secline Beach · 1 mi
- Picnic Rock · 1 mi
- Kings Beach · 1 mi
- Brockway Summit · 2 mi
- Fox Cultural Hall · 2 mi
- Patton Beach · 2 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Incline Village · 4 mi
- Tahoe City · 7 mi
- Truckee · 10 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 11 mi
- Olympic Valley · 11 mi
- Homewood · 13 mi