Emerald Bay
Place 2 of 5California / Nevada, USA

Emerald Bay

Emerald Bay emblem

The history

The most photographed spot on the lake — a glacier-carved cove of impossibly clear turquoise water with Fannette Island at its center and the Nordic castle of Vikingsholm on its shore.

The archival photograph

Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, steamer at pier LCCN2007660509.tif
1910 — Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, steamer at pier LCCN2007660509 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is