Truckee, California: Donner Party Monument: Cannibals!
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Donner Memorial State Park
- Address:
- 12593 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee, CA
- Directions:
- At Donner Memorial State Park. I-80 exit 184. Turn west onto Donner Pass Rd. The Park entrance will be on the left. Bear left to the Museum and Monument.
- Hours:
- Gates open dawn-dusk (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 530-582-7892
- Admission:
- Parking fee $10.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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A wagon train of pioneers got stuck trying to cross the mountains during winter, in what turned out to be the World's Worst Road Trip.
Roadsideamerica.com Report... [06/04/2010]Visitor Tips and News About Donner Party Monument: Cannibals!
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Beautiful park grounds; you can walk around the day park sites along the ledge of the lake. Plenty of tables, shade, and restrooms. The museum and visitor center is really nice and informative. Definitely worth a stop; consider spending the day by the lake or swing in a hammock.
[Leslie, 09/28/2024]
Plan about 30 to 45 minutes and read the exhibit. It is very well put together and rivals any big city museum. Informative and charming. Our first road trip in years with our 4 yr old, we decided to take our cue from the movie Cars: "Cars didn't drive to make good time, they drove to have a good time." So on our 3,000 mile road trip, we took in "the cheesy" stuff and had a great time -- imagine my complete delight to discover part of the exhibit dedicated to The Road Trip!
[Vicki, 09/27/2017]The Donner Expedition was a road trip gone ...HORRIBLY WRONG!
About 200 yards from the monument is a marker on the site of a cabin where the bodies were buried. These were found by a military party passing through later.
[John Reed, 07/03/2016]Movie at the Donner Party museum is great. You can read the book "Ordeal by Hunger" before visiting, based on diaries of those stranded. Awesome read. Also petroglyphs nearby on Old Hwy 49 heading up towards Soda Springs found at end of Donner lake. Nice views too.
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Unfortunately for the Donner Party, they weren't there when the weather was as pleasant as you describe it.