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North Lake Tahoe
East Shore, near Incline Village, Lake Tahoe
North Lake Tahoe
North Lake Tahoe, though not quite as populous as South Lake Tahoe, is nevertheless a colorful part of Tahoe, where the quiet affluence of Incline Village on the Nevada side of the North Tahoe stateline contrasts with the hap-hazard jumble and hubub of Kings Beach and Brockway, and the chic ambience of the resort community of Northstar-at-Tahoe. There's a sandy beach at Kings Beach, of course, and outdoor arts and crafts shows in the summertime, as well as casinos - albeit smaller than those on the South Shore – at the stateline.
Incline Village
Incline Village lies at the head of Crystal Bay, along the northeast corner of Lake Tahoe, roughly 2 miles east of the California-Nevada stateline. It is an affluent area, encompassing roughly 9 square miles, and home to the Diamond Peak and Mount Rose ski areas, the Hyatt Tahoe casino resort, a couple of championship golf courses, and palatial lakefront homes along its Lakeshore Drive. There are also a few good restaurants and galleries here.
North Shore: Kings Beach and Crystal Bay
Kings Beach is situated at the intersection of Highways 28 (which runs along the periphery of the lake at the north end) and 267 (which comes in from Truckee in the north, over Brockway Summit). This is one of the liveliest communities on the North Shore, where a haphazard jumble of shops, galleries and eateries line the main drag, and colorful, outdoor arts and crafts fairs add to the interest during the summer months. Kings Beach also boasts one of North Tahoe’s longest, most beautiful, most popular beaches.
Brockway is the companion community to Kings Beach, adjoining to its east, running up the steep Brockway Hill to the California-Nevada stateline, with Crystal Bay on the Nevada side of the stateline. At Crystal Bay there are a couple of smaller casinos, notably the Cal-Neva, which in fact straddles the state border, with the stateline running right through it (you can actually see the stateline painted on a rock wall in its lobby).
Northstar-at-Tahoe
Northstar-at-Tahoe, situated roughly 6 miles north of Kings Beach on Highway 267 (the road to Truckee), is a 2,500- acre, self-contained resort complex with clusters of condominiums, on-site lodging for tourists, alpine and nordic ski areas, golf course, restaurants, store, and even stables. Largely developed in the 1970s, Northstar was one of the world’s first computer-designed recreation areas, which the Environment Protection Agency used as a demonstration project to illustrate the conservation of environment in a modern development and the Sierra Club, in 1971, described as a model development.
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