Olympic Valley, California

Olympic Valley
Squaw Valley
Unincorporated community
Monument from the 1960 Winter Olympics at the entrance to Olympic Valley in 2011
Monument from the 1960 Winter Olympics at the entrance to Olympic Valley in 2011
Olympic Valley is located in California
Olympic Valley
Olympic Valley
Location in California
Olympic Valley is located in the United States
Olympic Valley
Olympic Valley
Olympic Valley (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°11′47″N 120°14′01″W / 39.19631°N 120.23356°W / 39.19631; -120.23356
Country United States
State California
County Placer
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
823
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-08:00 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-07:00 (Pacific)

Olympic Valley[2][3][4][5] (historically and informally known as Squaw Valley) is an unincorporated community located in Placer County, California northwest of Tahoe City along California State Highway 89 on the banks of the Truckee River near Lake Tahoe. It is home to Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley Ski Resort), the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Olympic Valley is the smallest resort area to host the Olympic Winter Games.[6]

  1. ^ "People in Zip 96146 (Olympic Valley, CA)". Bestplaces.net. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  2. ^ Northern California Guide Map (Map). 1:1,900,000. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Maps. 2019. Lake Tahoe inset.
  3. ^ California Far West (Map). 1:1,200,000. USA Road Guide (in English and German). Rand McNally and Hallwag. 2005. Lake Tahoe Region inset. ISBN 3-8283-0247-5.
  4. ^ California Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (6th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2021. p. 60. § C2.
  5. ^ Sierra Nevada–Lake Tahoe Area (PDF) (Map). 1:348,480. American Automobile Association. 2021. Lake Tahoe Area inset. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  6. ^ Johanson, Mark (July 26, 2012). "5 Olympic Host Cities You've (Probably) Never Heard Of That You'll Want To Visit". International Business Times. Retrieved September 7, 2014.