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Donner Camp

Donner Camp from directly overhead

Donner Camp is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,811 m. Rose Knob stands 2,922 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Schallenberger Cabin Site, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 14 miles off.

Registered National Historic Landmark Plaque

The record

What the record says

Built
1961
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.32387, -120.23157

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Donner Creek Public Access: 0.4 mi
  • Meadow Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bill Rose Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Shoreline Park: 1.8 mi
  • Donner Lake Fishing Access: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Jackass Point: 0.9 mi
  • Alder Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Prosser Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Donner Peak: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Cliffs: 21
  • Green Phantom Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Snowshed East Face: 4.7 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Snowshed North Face: 4.7 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • Schallenberger Cabin Site: 0.0 mi
  • Pioneer Monument: 0.0 mi
  • Victory Highway Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Olympic Flame: 8.4 mi
  • Watson Monument: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 18
Museums: 15
  • Donner Memorial State Park Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Truckee-Donner Historical Society: 0.9 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Truckee Railroad Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Museum of Truckee History: 2.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 4.5 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 16.5 mi
  • Day Use Area: 19.4 mi
  • Lodgepole: 19.7 mi
  • Woodcamp Day Use Site: 20.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Health Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Brockway Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Sardine Spring: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 7
Artworks: 3
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Donner Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rose KnobE 100°2,922 m13.6 mi
Rifle PeakE 100°2,892 m13.0 mi
Mount BaldyESE 104°2,826 m12.8 mi
Mount LolaNW 317°2,788 m10.4 mi
Castle PeakWNW 295°2,773 m6.9 mi
Basin PeakWNW 300°2,749 m8.1 mi
Granite ChiefSSW 199°2,749 m9.2 mi
Tinker KnobSSW 208°2,713 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3519:5120:32
September equinox06:4918:2419:00
December solstice07:1815:5916:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293135404856636155463628
Precip in6.76.66.22.72.10.70.30.40.52.23.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donner MEM SP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11097550366

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