Guide Exploring Tahoe, California | SolarTravels.com

<body> Destination Guides Search for a City Destination Guides > North America > USA > California > Gold Country > Lake Tahoe > Tahoe City Tahoe City Travel Options Flights Hotels Vacation Rentals Cars • Tahoe City • Hotels in Tahoe City TAHOE CITY BE THERE NOW Hotels in Tahoe City • Travelodge Tahoe City Tahoe City from $56.95 USD • Pepper Tree Inn Tahoe City from $152.00 USD • Travelodge Tahoe City Tahoe City from $56.95 USD More Hotels in Tahoe City >> READ IT HERE Tahoe City , the hub on the lake's northwestern shore, does not escape the tourists, but nevertheless manages to retain a more relaxed small-town attitude. Hwy-89 meets Hwy-28 at Lake Tahoe's only outlet, the Truckee River . The Gatekeeper's Cabin Museum (Wed-Sun 11am-5pm May-mid-June; daily 11am-5pm mid-June to mid-Oct; $2), at the mouth of the river, is a well-presented hodgepodge of artifacts from the nineteenth century, and has a good collection of native basketware. Rafting down the Truckee is a common activity in summer. A couple of miles south along Hwy-89, 500 yards past the Kaspian picnic grounds, hike ten minutes up the unmarked trail to the top of Eagle Rock for amazing panoramic views of the royal-blue lake. Several miles further along the highway is popular Chamber's Beach . Squaw Valley , the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, is situated five miles west of Tahoe City off of Hwy-89, although the original facilities (except the flame and the Olympic rings) are now swamped by the rampant development which has made this California's largest ski resort. </body>