Trout Creek (Lake Tahoe)

Trout Creek
Map
Native nameMathocahuw O'tha (Washo)[1][2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionEl Dorado County
Physical characteristics
SourceWest side of Armstrong Pass in the Carson Range of the Sierra Nevada
 • coordinates38°50′01″N 119°54′49″W / 38.83361°N 119.91361°W / 38.83361; -119.91361[1]
 • elevation8,630 ft (2,630 m)
MouthLake Tahoe
 • location
South Lake Tahoe, California
 • coordinates
38°56′28″N 119°59′48″W / 38.94111°N 119.99667°W / 38.94111; -119.99667[1]
 • elevation
6,224 ft (1,897 m)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftSaxon Creek
 • rightCold Creek,[3] Heavenly Valley Creek[4]

Trout Creek is a northward-flowing stream originating on the west side of Armstrong Pass on the Carson Range in El Dorado County, California, United States.

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Trout Creek
  2. ^ Barbara Lekisch (1988). Tahoe Place Names: the Origin and History of Names in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Lafayette, California: Great West Books. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-944220-01-6. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cold Creek
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Heavenly Valley Creek