Fast Facts

Bet You Didn’t Know…

Here is Tahoe at a glance. You can become an official walking “Information Center” for all things pertaining to our area. And you’ll discover why the potential for memorable meetings is as vast and varied as our spectacular Lake.

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To discover interesting details about the Lake itself, please click here.
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Learn about area activities, travel and Neat to Know trivia

Tahoe Facts

Lake Tahoe’s elevation is 6,225 feet
Lake Tahoe is 22 miles long and 12 miles wide
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. at 1,645 feet deep
1/10 of an inch of water evaporates off the lake every day
Lake Tahoe is as long as the English Channel is wide

Meeting Facts

North Lake offers over 7000 rooms
Including everything from 6 bedroom condos to standard hotel rooms
And over 150,000 square feet of meeting space
Over 29 meeting venues in the North Lake Tahoe area
Express shuttle between lodging and meeting site(s)

Travel Facts

45 minutes from Reno/Tahoe International airport
160 flights in and out of Reno
2 hours from Sacramento International airport
3 hours from the Bay Area
Shuttles, taxis, car rentals are readily available

Activity Facts

Lake Tahoe has the largest concentration of ski areas in North America, including 7 resorts in North Lake Tahoe alone
The North Lake ski areas combine for over 26,000 ski-able acres
North Lake Tahoe has over 200 cross-country skiing trails
In the summer, the water in Lake Tahoe is 65-70 degrees
Lake Tahoe is also home to 46 golf courses within a 45-mile radius

Climate Facts

Tahoe averages 125 inches of snowfall at lake level and from 300-500 inches of snowfall at the alpine skiing elevations
Tahoe averages over 300 sunny days per year
The average high temp in January is 40 degrees
The average high temp in July is 78 degrees

Neat to Know

If you were to empty Lake Tahoe, it would cover the state of California with 14 inches of water.
Lake Tahoe’s water is 99.9% pure, it’s so clear you could see a white dinner plate 75 feet below the surface
The Godfather II, The BodyGuard, City of Angels, The Deep End, and Ty Cobb were all filmed in Lake Tahoe
The Olympics were held at Squaw Valley in 1960