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Boca (Spanish for "Mouth") is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Situated at an elevation of 5,528 ft (1,685 m) above sea level, Boca is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Truckee [1] [2] at exit 194 from Interstate 80 onto Hirschdale Road. [3]
Virginia and Truckee Railroad No. 12, nicknamed Genoa, is a 4-4-0 American steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in January 1873 for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. She is one of three largely identical 4-4-0 locomotives built by Baldwin for the railroad, the others being the Reno and the Inyo , and one of four V&T 4-4-0's ...
Donner Memorial State Park is located outside Truckee, California. It has 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of hiking trails, campgrounds, and 3 miles (4.8 km) of lake frontage on Donner Lake , east of Donner Pass .
Truckee Tahoe Airport [1] (IATA: TKF, ICAO: KTRK, FAA LID: TRK) is a public airport two miles east of Truckee, California, United States. [2] The airport is in both Nevada County and Placer County. It is owned by Truckee Tahoe Airport District, [1] a bi-county special district.
The city of Reno is protected by the Reno Fire Department (RFD) manning 14 fire stations. [84] [85] The Reno Fire Department (RFD) provides all-risk emergency service to the City of Reno residents. All-risk emergency service is the national model of municipal fire departments, providing the services needed in the most efficient way possible. [86]
The list of movies filmed in Nevada County's Truckee is too extensive for this page. Some of the movies include Cobb, The Gold Rush, and St. Elmo's Fire. A partial list has been compiled by the Truckee-Donner Historical Society on their website truckeehistory.org, The Union and IMDb.
Nevada County (/ n ɪ ˈ v æ d ə / ⓘ niv-AD-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada.As of the 2020 census, its population was 102,241. [7] The county seat is Nevada City. [8]
Independence Lake is a natural glacial lake in the Sierra Nevada of California. [6] [7] At an elevation of 6,949 feet (2,118 m) [1] in the upper reaches of the Truckee River basin, it has been less affected by development than most lakes in the area.