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Points of Interest POINTS OF INTEREST BEACHES MAP GRID MAP GRID Agatam Beach ......................................................1 A3 Martis Creek Lake Nat’l Rec Area ......................15 A1-C2 Commons Beach Park ..........................................4 C3 Meadow Park ......................................................17 D1 Lake Forest Beach ................................................3 B5 North Tahoe Recreation Area ................................2 D2 National Avenue Beach ........................................2 D3 Robert Pomin Park ................................................3 A5 Patton Beach ........................................................2 A5-B5 Skylandia Park ......................................................3 B5 Secline Beach ......................................................1 B4 Sugar Pine Point State Park ................................7 B3-E2 Tahoe State Recreation Area ................................4 C3-D3 CAMPGROUNDS Tahoe State Recreation Area ................................3 A5 Alder Creek Campground (private) ....................22 D1 Truckee Regional Park ........................................16 C2 Bear Valley Campground ....................................24 D4 Ward Creek State Park ........................................5 B3 Cold Creek Campground ....................................24 C4 West End Beach ................................................18 B2 Cottonwood Campground ..................................24 C4 Grantite Flat Campground ..................................17 E3 SKI Hampshire Rocks Campground ..........................21 B4 Alpine Meadows Ski Resort ..................................9 Inset Kaspian Campground ..........................................6 B1 Blackwood Canyon Sno Park ..............................6 B1 Lake Forest Campground ....................................3 A5 Boreal Ski Area ..................................................19 A1 Lakeside Campground ........................................12 B4 Burton Creek X-Country Ski Area ........................4 D1 Prosser Campground ..........................................14 C1 Donner Ski Ranch ..............................................19 C4 Ridge Campground ............................................17 B2 Granlibakken Resort ............................................4 B5 Splitrock Campground ........................................17 A2 Homewood Mountain Ski Resort ..........................6 B5 William Kent Campground ....................................5 B3 Lakeview Cross Country Ski Area ........................3 B3 Northstar-at-Tahoe Ski Area ................................15 C5 GOLF Royal Gorge Ski Area ........................................20 A3 Coyote Moon Golf Course ..................................23 C5 Squaw Valley USA Ski Resort ..............................9 A2 Lahontan Golf Course ......................................15A C4 Sugar Bowl Ski Resort ........................................19 B5 Northstar-at-Tahoe Golf Course ..........................15 C3 Tahoe Donner X-Country Center ........................22 C2 Old Brockway Golf Course ....................................1 B3 Tahoe Donner Ski Area ......................................22 B3 Old Greenwood Golf Course ..............................13 A5 Old Greenwood Golf Course ..............................14 D5 Ponderosa Golf Course ......................................16 C2 GOVERNMENT OFFICES Robert Trent, Jr Golf Course ................................9 B2 Tahoe City Golf Course ........................................4 B4 FIRE STATIONS Tahoe Donner Golf Course ................................22 D3 Alpine Meadows ....................................................9 D3 Tahoe Donner Golf Course ................................23 A3 Big Bend ............................................................21 B4 Calpine ................................................................25 Inset MARINAS Carnelian Bay ......................................................2 A5 Boat Launch Kings Beach ....................................1 C4 Donner Lake ......................................................18 B2 Boat Launch Donner Lake ..................................18 B2 Glenshire ............................................................10 B3 Boat Launch Prosser Creek Res. ......................14 C1 Homewood ............................................................6 B5 Marina Meeks Bay ................................................8 B1 Kings Beach ..........................................................1 B3 Marina Sunnyside ................................................5 C2 Lake Forest/Dollar Point ......................................3 B4 Public Access Boat Launch LF ............................3 A5 Loyalton ..............................................................26 C2 Tahoe City Marina ................................................4 C3 Meeks Bay ............................................................8 B1 Northstar ............................................................15 C4 PARKS Sattley ................................................................24 A3 64 Acre Park ........................................................4 B4-C4 Serene Lakes ......................................................20 B4 Burton Creek State Park ......................................4 A1-D1 Sierraville Ranger Station ..................................25 C2 D L Bliss Park ........................................................8 C5-D5 Soda Springs ......................................................20 A2 Donner Memorial Park ........................................17 A2-B4 Squaw Valley ........................................................9 A1 Edwin L Z’Berg Natural Preserve ..........................7 D2 Tahoe City ............................................................4 C4 Elizabeth Williams Park ........................................5 C5 Tahoe Donner ....................................................22 D3 Ferrari Playground ................................................1 B4-C4 Tahoma ................................................................7 C2 Gatekeeper’s Park & Museum ..............................4 C4 Truckee ..............................................................17 D1 Glenshire - Park ..................................................10 B3 Truckee - Airport ..................................................16 D3 Kaspian Picnic Area ..............................................6 B1 Truckee ..............................................................16 Inset Kilner Park ............................................................5 C3 Agricultural Inspection Station ............................17 C2 Kings Beach State Rec Area ................................1 B4-C4 California Dept of Motor Vehicles ........................17 D1 Loyalton Park ......................................................26 A1 California Highway Patrol ....................................17 E1 Marie Sluckak Community Park ............................7 C1 Cal Trans Yard ....................................................21 D2 MAP GRID MAP GRID Hobart Work Center ............................................12 A4 Forest Charter School Loyalton City Hall ................................................26 C2 Creekside Elementary ........................................5 C3 Nevada County Admin Center ............................17 E1 Prosser Creek Charter Schools Nevada County Human Services ........................26 B2 High School ......................................................13 D2 Nevada County Sheriff ........................................17 E1 Lake Forest Middle School ................................3 B5 Placer County Admin Center ................................3 A4 Main Campus ..................................................13 D2 Placer County Offices ..........................................4 B5 Truckee Elementary ........................................16 D3 Placer County Sheriff’s Office ..............................3 A4 Ranger Station Rainbow ....................................21 B4 OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST Ranger Station Sierraville ..................................25 C2 Amtrak Station ....................................................16 Inset Sierra County Sheriff’s Office ..............................26 B2 Animal Shelter Tahoe Vista ..................................2 D3 Sierra County Offices ..........................................26 B2 Campbell Hot Springs Resort ............................25 E3 Tahoe City Admin Facilities ..................................4 B4 Carnelian Bay Public Lake Access ......................2 A5 Truckee Tahoe Water Reclamation ....................16 D2 Coast Guard Station ............................................3 A5 Truckee Town Hall ..............................................16 D3 Deerwater Field ..................................................25 D2 USFS Truckee Work Center ................................23 D5 Emigrant Trail Museum ......................................17 B2 USFS Truckee Work Center ................................16 A1 Glenshire Devonshire Com Clubhouse .............. 10 B4 Highlands Community Center ..............................3 B3 HOSPITALS Humane Society Truckee ....................................16 B2 Sierra Valley District Hospital ..............................26 B1 Jim McIver Memorial Arena ................................16 C2 Tahoe Forest Hospital ........................................17 E1 Museum & Social
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