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Lake and its surroundings that are often referred to as the Tahoe, which has an altitude of 6225 feet. Lake Tahoe is twenty-two miles long and 12 miles wide and has a coastline that extends along 71 miles. Gorgeous lake is shared by the two countries the United States, namely California's claim to share the 42 miles of shoreline of Lake Tahoe and the state of Nevada which has 29 miles of it. Lake Tahoe offers a lot of holiday homes on the coast of North and South, by the way, is the largest alpine lake in North America that is famous because the water is almost clear known cause feelings of wonder and fear. In fact, when the famous American author Mark Twain's first in his eyes during his visit to the Lake area in the late 1860's it was described as "the fairest picture the whole earth to give."


A locale is beauty unrivaled

Lake that has been created by volcanic activity was first found by an American named John C Fremont in 1844 but that before the lake and forest around the area was home to the Washo Indian tribe called the lake 'sky lake big 'in honor of the sparkling, blue and clear water. Has an average depth of 989 feet and at its deepest point the lake reached a depth of 1645 feet. However,

the lake is not very conducive to swimming as the lake water is often very cold even during the peak summer months. It also has recognized the strong and dangerous currents. Other interesting facts about the lake, this lake is that it does not drain into the oceans even though nearly sixty-three streams flow into it, it is not out to Pyramid Lake in Nevada is located in the desert by way of the Truckee River. Besides the beauty of the lake, the area around is also characterized by crisp, clear air, lush forests and a lot of tranquility.

All agree the weather area is blessed with friendly weather as a result has now become very popular throughout the year for the purpose of the United States. Lake in the average have 250 to 300 sunny days throughout the year. During the winter months was likely to receive almost 300-500 inches of snow fall and this has been possible to become one of the premier ski destination. Lake Tahoe area has many ski resorts with many activities such as the number of snowboarding, ice-skating, snow shoeing, snowmobiling, sleigh besides skiing and cross country skiing. During the warm months, people flock to Lake Tahoe to the self in a wide range of activities such as recreation and water sports, hiking, tennis, camping, ballooning, golf, horseback riding, parasailing, bungee jumping and much more.


Getting there

By Car North and south of Lake Tahoe can be easily accessed by various modes of transportation. Lake Tahoe is located on the border between California and Nevada. A popular destination is located 200 miles east of the city in California San Francisco at that time just 30 miles west of Nevada in Reno. North Lake Tahoe is known as a ski resort is accessible by car via I-80 from San Francisco. South Lake Tahoe which is inhabited by many hotels, restaurants and Casino is located primarily in Nevada and can be reached from Reno south to U.S. 395 and U.S. 50 West ..

By Air Airport commercial is the most near Reno Tahoe International Airport in Nevada, which is accessible through a 40-minute drive from the popular destination throughout the year. Other major commercial airport serving the region is Sacramento International Airport in California that is located two hours. Small airport such as South Lake Tahoe Airport, and Truckee-Tahoe Airport afford additional air link to Lake Tahoe.

By Bus During the winter months some ski bus service operates to the various ski resorts such as Bay Area Ski Bus and ski NAC.

By train with the Lake Tahoe Railway can also be reached in the Amtrak California Zephyr route makes stops in Truckee.

Cities and villages in the lake shoreline in the beach city has some of the city and each village is known with different characters and a myriad of attractions. Lake Tahoe is divided into two sections of North Lake Tahoe is home to the city and ski resorts such as Incline Village, which is an enclave of rich peppered with million-dollar homes, shops and restaurants. Other cities in North Lake Tahoe including railroad the old city of Truckee, Tahoe City, the ski resort town in the Alpine Meadows and his wife is the Valley of the 1960 Winter Olympics among others.