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
Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive and Mount Rose Highway are 2 of 3 signed byways within 30 miles of Tahoe Vista, California.
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.
The same roads run past Lake Tahoe, where they are ranked and described in full.
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
How long is a scenic day-trip loop from Tahoe Vista?
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Tahoe Vista: 4 h, 107 miles, 2 stops; and 8 h, 202 miles, 7 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
What is there to stop at on a day trip from Tahoe Vista?
The 8 h loop stops at Ebbetts Peak, Pacific Grade Summit, Tallac Historic Site, Inspiration Point, Balancing Rock, Eagle Rock and Brockway Summit. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
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
- North Tahoe Regional Park · 0 mi
- Sandy Beach · 0 mi
- Tahoe Vista Recreation Area and Boat Launch · 1 mi
- Moon Dunes Beach · 1 mi
- Moon Dunes Beach · 1 mi
- North Tahoe Beach · 1 mi
- Benny Heineike's Rock · 1 mi
- Secline Beach · 1 mi
A day out of Tahoe Vista, planned on real roads
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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