Donner Pass

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mountain pass

Donner Pass is a historically significant mountain pass in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its challenging terrain, transcontinental railroad route, and the ill-fated Donner Party.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Donner Pass canonical 12
Donner Party 1
Donner Party tragedy 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain pass ⓘ
administrativeRegion Nevada County, California ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distanceFrom about 9 miles west of Truckee ⓘ
elevation approximately 2,151 meters ⓘ
approximately 7,056 feet ⓘ
feature granite cliffs ⓘ
rocky terrain ⓘ
steep grades ⓘ
hasClimate snowy alpine climate ⓘ
hasNearbySkiArea Boreal Mountain California ⓘ
Sugar Bowl Resort ⓘ
hasViewOf Donner Lake ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Nevada peaks
historicalEvent Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Donner Party winter encampment of 1846–1847
isOnRoute Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) ⓘ
historic California Trail vicinity ⓘ
knownFor Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Donner Party tragedy

challenging winter weather ⓘ
heavy snowfall ⓘ
historic overland emigrant route ⓘ
transcontinental railroad route ⓘ
locatedEastOf Central Valley ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento Valley
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Nevada County, California ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
locatedNear Donner Lake ⓘ
Truckee ⓘ
surface form: Truckee, California
locatedWestOf Truckee ⓘ
surface form: Truckee, California
mountainRange Sierra Nevada ⓘ
namedAfter Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Donner Party
partOf Sierra Nevada transportation corridor ⓘ
railroadEngineeringFeature snow sheds ⓘ
tunnels ⓘ
snowfallRecord among highest in contiguous United States ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
transportationImportance major east–west route across northern Sierra Nevada ⓘ
traversedBy Central Pacific Railroad historic route ⓘ
Interstate 80 ⓘ
Old U.S. Route 40 ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
usedFor hiking ⓘ
rail transportation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
road transportation ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ
ski touring ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sierra Nevada → crossedBy → Donner Pass ⓘ
Donner Pass → namedAfter → Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donner Party
Donner Pass → knownFor → Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donner Party tragedy
Donner Pass → historicalEvent → Donner Pass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donner Party winter encampment of 1846–1847
Central Pacific Railroad historic route → passesThrough → Donner Pass ⓘ
Lincoln Highway (historic alignment via U.S. 40) → usesMountainPass → Donner Pass ⓘ
Sierra Nevada passes → include → Donner Pass ⓘ
Sierra Nevada transportation corridor → hasPart → Donner Pass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donner Pass highway crossing
Sierra Nevada transportation corridor → traverses → Donner Pass ⓘ
Placer County → contains → Donner Pass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donner Pass vicinity (western approaches)
Donner Lake → hasNearbyPass → Donner Pass ⓘ
Boreal Mountain California → locatedOn → Donner Pass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donner Summit
Southern Pacific Cab Forward locomotive → railroadLineUsedOn → Donner Pass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donner Pass route
Southern Pacific Railroad → wasKnownFor → Donner Pass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donner Pass operations
Donner Memorial State Park → near → Donner Pass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Historic Donner Pass
Donner Ski Ranch → locatedOn → Donner Pass ⓘ
Donner Ski Ranch → nearbyPass → Donner Pass ⓘ
Summit Tunnel in the Sierra Nevada → locatedNear → Donner Pass ⓘ
Donner Creek → near → Donner Pass ⓘ
Prosser Creek → near → Donner Pass ⓘ
State Route 89 → passesNear → Donner Pass ⓘ