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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Truckee

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Truckee, California

Updated December 21, 2021

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The snow sheds.

Truckee, California

Donner Pass Summit Tunnels

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Tiny bits of the survivor's cabin were sold as souvenirs in the years after the Donner Party

Truckee, California

Donner Party Artifacts

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.
Artifacts from Boca.

Truckee, California

Boca

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.
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"Snowshoe" Thompson...in the snow

Norden, California

"Snowshoe" Thompson Memorial Statue

A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.
8 miles from Truckee
The Martis Peak Lookout.

Kings Beach, California

Martis Peak Lookout

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.
8 miles from Truckee
The Flume Trail

Incline Village, Nevada

The Flume Trail

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.
15 miles from Truckee
"Bonsai Rock" at the west shore of Lake Tahoe, February 2010

Washoe County, Nevada

Bonsai Rock, Lake Tahoe

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.
16 miles from Truckee
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