Above the Deep Blue

Looking westward over the northern part of Lake Tahoe from the Sand Harbor Overlook, a vista point off the TRT

With a maximum depth greater than 1,500 feet (457 m), Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States (Oregon's Crater Lake being the deepest). Standing at the Sand Harbor Overlook (Herlan Peak) in the Carson Range on the Nevada side of the lake, one can—as captured in the picture above—marvel at the expanse of the lake and survey the mountain peaks of the Pacific Crest on the California side. In the lower left corner, the tip of the Sand Harbor peninsula shows up. In the right-side upper section, the peninsula between Crystal Bay and Agate Bay stretches out into the blue and points south, “assisting” in tracing the north-south-oriented California-Nevada state line across the lake surface.

Above the deep blue lake—the second deepest in the U.S.

Looking westward over the northern part of Lake Tahoe from the Sand Harbor Overlook, a vista point off the TRT