Homewood, California

Homewood
Lake Tahoe in winter seen from Homewood
Lake Tahoe in winter seen from Homewood
Homewood is located in California
Homewood
Homewood
Coordinates: 39°05′13″N 120°09′37″W / 39.08694°N 120.16028°W / 39.08694; -120.16028
Country United States
State California
CountyPlacer
Elevation1,900 m (6,234 ft)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
96141
Area code530
GNIS feature ID261434[2]

Homewood is an unincorporated community of about 200 residents, in Placer County, California, located on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. It is located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Tahoe City and north of Chambers Landing and Tahoma.[3] It is the location of Homewood Mountain Resort.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Homewood, California
  2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 499. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.