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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: 19
  • Green Phantom Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Snowshed East Face: 4.7 mi
  • Tunnel Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Snowshed North Face: 4.7 mi
  • Snowshed: 4.7 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • 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: 9
  • 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: 6
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 13.7 miles of Donner Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rose KnobE2,922 m13.6 mi
Rifle PeakE2,892 m13.0 mi
Mount BaldyESE2,826 m12.8 mi
Mount LolaNW2,788 m10.4 mi
Castle PeakWNW2,773 m6.9 mi
Basin PeakWNW2,749 m8.1 mi
Granite ChiefSSW2,749 m9.2 mi
Tinker KnobSSW2,713 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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