Lake Tahoe is in the Sierra Nevada right at the border between California and Nevada, with 2/3 of the coastline in California and 1/3 in Nevada. San Francisco is 198 miles away, Sacramento 100 miles and Reno just some 58 miles. And that’s where the closest International Airport is.

How to get there

By car

From Reno: (58 miles)

Use Highway 395 South through Carson City and change there to Highway 50 West to South Lake Tahoe.

From Sacramento: (100 miles)

Use Highway 50 East to South Lake.

From San Francisco: (198 miles)

Use I-80 East to Sacramento and change there to Highway 50 East to South Lake.

From Los Angeles: (474 miles)

Use I-5 North to Sacramento and change there to Highway 50 East to South Lake.

By plane

The closest Airport is Reno/Tahoe International Airport, which is 55 miles away from the Lake Tahoe and is served by some major airlines:

Alaska Airlines
Aloha Airlines
America West Airlines
American Airlines
Continental Airlines
Delta Airlines
Frontier Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines

Non-stop destinations including:

Atlanta
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Houston
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Newark
Phoenix
Portland
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco Bay Area
Seattle

To get to your hotel you can rent a car or take the South Tahoe Express, which goes directly to the South Lake Casinos in Nevada.

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