Lake Tahoe, California
El Dorado County · Card no. 0130
A lake straddling the California and Nevada line, the second deepest in the United States at 1,645 feet.
- It holds enough water to cover California to a depth of 14 inches.
- Mark Twain described it in Roughing It after accidentally setting part of the shore on fire.
- Its clarity has been measured continuously since 1968.
Every incorporated city and town in California has its own painted card here, free to send by email or by link. No account, nothing to install.