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On this tour, you will see:
  many original highway alignments and pavement on Rippey and Sisley Roads from the towns of Rocklin and Loomis to Newcastle
the old winding highway through Newcastle

 


historic downtown Auburn

 


the mountain towns of Applegate, Weimar, Colfax, Gold Run, Alta and Baxter

 


the vistas at Emigrant Gap

 


Hampshire Rocks Road

 


remnants of the original 1913 Lincoln Highway and a historic highway display at the U.S. Forest Service Visitor Center at Big Bend

 


the original highway alignments on Donner Pass Road

 


the vistas on top of Donner Pass at the famous Rainbow Bridge

 


the Transcontinental Railroad tunnels and train sheds over Donner Pass and the original Lincoln Highway tracks up over the rocks

 


the Donner Memorial Park and Monument and Donner Lake

 


historic downtown Truckee

 


the exciting and desolate Dog Valley Route, which was last used as the Lincoln Highway from 1913 to 1926

 

Prosser Creek Reservoir and Stampede Reservoir

 


Verdi, Nevada

The return trip to Sacramento will be on Interstate 80 with views of alternate Lincoln Highway alignments at Hinton and Glenshire Roads.

Advance registration required. For details see www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/ca/tours/

  The Lincoln Highway Association California Chapter

 


PO Box 2554

 


Fair Oaks, CA 95628-2554