Experts' Choice Award Donner Memorial State Park
4 expert reviews
“The park and museum commemorate the Donner Party, westward-bound pioneers—about 90; historians debate the exact number—who became trapped in the Sierra in the winter of 1846–47 in snow 22 feet deep.”
– Fodor's
Lonely Planet "At the eastern end of Donner Lake, this state-run park occupies one of the sites where the doomed Donner Party got trapped during the fateful winter of 1846–47." Full review
U.S. News & World Report3.0
"Here, you'll find a great stone pedestal commemorating the Donner Party, the legendary pioneers who fell victim to the harsh Sierra Nevada winter of 1846 to 1847. " Full review
Lonely Planet "Be sure to stop by the Donner Memorial State Park visitors center to learn more about the area's history, which includes the Indigenous Washoe people, the infamous Donner Party and the..."
